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Take Action to Protect State Research Funding
Nebraska Legislators are working on adjustment to the state budget. The governor’s proposed budget cuts include eliminated $15 million from the Health Care Cash Fund to biomedical research. His budget also cuts an additional $2.7 million for pediatric cancer research.
Learn about the importance of this research in the 2025 Nebraska Tobacco Settlement Biomedical Research Development Fund Progress Report.
Call or email members of the Nebraska Legislature’s Appropriations Committee and your state senator to tell them to preserve funding for scientific research!
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Take Action to Protect Federal Research Funding
Congress is working on the budget for the next fiscal year, which starts October 1 and runs through September 2026. The President’s budget request proposes a drastic 40% cut to the NIH. This would severely undermine scientific progress and stall medical innovation.
Call or write your members of Congress and tell them to preserve funding for scientific research!