[Faculty] Update on House Proposed FY2026 Agriculture Bill

[Chorover, Jon - (chorover)]

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you are all enjoying the early days of summer.

As you know, there are many questions regarding what the FY26 Federal Government Budget for research will look like in the end. This email and attachment update from Lewis-Burke is focused on agricultural research funding, which is one focal area of our division.

Specifically, recall that the President's Budget Request (PBR) proposed very substantive reductions in agricultural research funding across the board.  Conversely, the House Proposal (summary in attached) is much closer to FY25 funding levels, with some exceptions.  The next step is for the Senate Appropriations Committee to consider its version of the bill this summer.

The bottom line is that there is still a large degree of uncertainty as to where research funding in FY26 will land because of the large differences between the PRB and congressional proposals.  While this particular update is focused on agriculture (e.g., USDA) funding, this suggests that there may also be significant differences between congressional and presidential budget requests in biomedical/environmental health (e.g., NIH) and basic life sciences (e.g., NSF) as well.

Jon

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Jon Chorover
Interim Associate Vice President/Associate Dean for Research
Professor, Department of Environmental Science
Division of Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences, & Cooperative Extension (ALVSCE)
College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES)
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone:  (520) 626-5635
Email:  chorover at arizona.edu<mailto:chorover at arizona.edu>

I am on ancestral lands of the
Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui.


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