Science funding slow to come to researchers

Although almost all federal agencies have had approved budgets for Fiscal Year 2026 for more than a month — the Department of Homeland Security being the exception — science agencies have reportedly not been cleared to spend much of the appropriated funding.

This has led to delays in universities receiving funding for already-approved grants, and even longer delays in the review and issuance of new ones. Democrats in Congress are calling on the White House Office of Management and Budget to release the funds.