Grant funding across the sciences continues to fall in 2026, as noted by several in the scientific community.
On August 31, AAS reported "a 57% reduction in the number of awards between FY25 and FY26. This reduction in awards in the astronomical sciences is even more severe than the overall 30% decrease in FY26 awards at NSF reported by Nature."
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Read the AAS full report at https://aas.org/posts/news/2026/08/nsf-astronomical-sciences-grants-reduced-over-50-fiscal-year-2026.
The NSF did publish five new NSF MPS funding opportunities for core research programs, initiating a new rolling admission period, ending the third Monday in November. A full description of these funding opportunities can be found at https://www.nsf.gov/mps/updates/new-nsf-mps-funding-opportunities-core-research-programs.
Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, wrote this week that NASA "is on track to award the fewest scientific grants in 15 years. With only two weeks to go in the U.S. government’s fiscal year, NASA has awarded 1,188 new grants for basic scientific research. That’s roughly 15% fewer than the historic baseline, and almost exactly equal to 2025."
Read Dreier's full letter in the September edition of The Space Advocate at https://www.planetary.org/space-advocate/space-advocate-september-2026-2.
The AAS policy team encourages all members to "contact your members of Congress today and urge them to exercise their oversight authority and support robust funding levels for NSF, in addition to the NASA Science Mission Directorate and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science."
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