NIH scientists have been struggling to maintain lab operations due to spending freezes and budget cuts, resorting to reusing supplies and sharing resources. While the recent unfreezing of purchasing cards offers a glimmer of hope, ongoing financial restrictions threaten to exacerbate operational hardships. Many crucial positions are underfunded or eliminated, jeopardizing the continuity of essential research services. The NIH faces a mandated 35% budget cut to contract spending, further complicating the staffing and operational landscape, meaning many scientists fear pending closures if the situation does not improve soon.
"The unfreezing of agency credit cards is a welcome but insufficient reprieve from this spiral... it will improve things materially only at the margins."
"They had spent weeks scrambling to keep their labs running amid spending freezes, firing rampages and the chaos and confusion brought on by both."
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