As federal lawmakers prepare the budget for fiscal year 2026, a White House proposal to combine the National Eye Institute with two other National Institutes of Health has faced initial setbacks.
The White House’s proposed budget for 2026 included a reorganization of the NIH that would merge its current institutes into eight, leaving only three existing institutes intact. The National Eye Institute would become part of a new National Institute on Neuroscience and Brain Research, merging with the current National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research and the National Institute (Read more...)