"The consolidation appears to be driven in part by President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the agency’s $4 billion budget by 55% for the 2026 fiscal year that

"The consolidation appears to be driven in part by President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the agency’s $4 billion budget by 55% for the 2026 fiscal year that begins on 1 October." This statement is wrong. What a sad state of affairs Science Magazine has become. It should read, "The proposal is to cut the budget by 55% to $4 billion." The 2024 budget was $9.06 billion and the 2025 request was $10.183 billion.[1] [1]https://www.nsf.gov/about/budget#budget-baf https://www.nsf.gov/about/budget#budget-baf