Author: Laura Haldane

It’s our monthly NIH funding update – and as ever there have been plenty of headlines surrounding science funding this month, so a quick recap before we get into the numbers. Health Secretary RFK Jr appeared at congressional hearings this month, to face questions from senators on a range of issues relating to health, medicine,…

It’s time for another monthly check-in on NIH funding. Last month we mentioned how Congress had rejected proposed cuts to NIH funding, but the OMB was then holding it up more. The latest headlines just breaking today, 9th April, are that the administration will not continue the court fight to cap indirect costs (facilities and…

Here’s our monthly check on NIH funding – and there’s been a lot of news about the politics around it this month. Congress rejected the proposed cuts to science funding, and other branches of government-funded science (NASA and the NSF) have been authorized to spend their funding (yay!). However, the NIH is now being held…

Here’s our regular check on the NIH funding data. The figures for January 2026 have just been published which show 23.3% more awarded vs this point in January 2025. The fiscal year to date (FY26, starting Oct 1st 2025) is catching up – standing at only 0.02% less than the same point in FY25. Considering…

So many of you selling and marketing to scientist buyers told us your results, strategies, and predictions for 2026 in our survey. This report presents the key results and industry-specific benchmark figures for those selling scientific instrumentation, equipment, and consumables. We also give our key recommendations for targeting scientific buyers this year, and resources to…

I couldn’t head off for the break without adressing the recent New York Times (NYT) article which covered the 2025 uncertainty in NIH funding. There’s a lot we can talk about in there, but here I’ll dig into what this could mean for those selling to scientists. The article, which you can find in full…

  Here’s our monthly look at the NIH funding data. The US government shutdown only ended on November 12th, with most workers returning on the 13th, but we can see that November is always a bit quiet anyway. Overall YTD 2025 stands at $37bn – a $1bn (3.3%) deficit vs the same point in 2024.…

As promised, here are the updated NIH graphs with the October data. The US government shutdown meant there was actually ZERO funding awarded in October, but it is always a quiet month as we can see in previous year’s data below. Year-to-date we are only 2.5% below the 2024 total. Figure 1: NIH Funding by…