NIH received 78000 applications in 2025. If every one was funded at $2.5 million dollars (MYF!) that would be only 1/4 of the DoD budget.
Swap DoD and NSF/NIH budgets. Let's just see where it takes us.
You should submit a public comment about the proposal to end American science. But after, adopt a policy of tripling. People can fight over the details. We need to have a scale for the challenges we face. Bad actors want folks exhausted about the details. Those are important, but: Triple U.S. R&D.
May 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM
NIH received 78000 applications in 2025. If every one was funded at $2.5 million dollars (MYF!) that would be only 1/4 of the DoD budget.
