"NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Energy Department are among the agencies affected."

"President Trump’s third budget request, released Monday, again seeks cuts to a number of scientific and medical research enterprises, including a 13 percent cut to the National Science Foundation, a 12 percent cut at the National Institutes of Health and the termination of an Energy Department program that funds speculative technologies deemed too risky for private investors.

NIH would face a roughly $4.5 billion budget cut, according to an HHS document. Among the big losers, if Congress were to sign off on the budget request, would be the National Cancer Institute, dropping from $6.1 billion to $5.2 billion, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, going from $5.5 billion to $4.75 billion.

The administration is highlighting its request for $1.3 billion for opioid and pain research “as part of the government-wide effort to combat the opioid epidemic.”"

Joel Achenbach, Ben Guarino, Sarah Kaplan, and Brady Dennis report for the Washington Post March 11, 2019. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Trump's Budget Guts Science Agencies—But Favors the Moon" (Wired) [3]

"Cut the Science Budget? Not So Fast" (New York Times) [4]