On April 14, 2011, Congress passed a bill to fund federal programs and agencies for the remainder of the current fiscal year, including research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), VA Medical and Prosthetic Research and NASA. The legislation extended funding levels for FY 2010 through September 30, 2011, with a few modifications.
- The NIH budget was reduced by $260 million compared to FY 2010. $210 million of the cuts will be spread across all the institutes and centers in proportion to their total budgets. $50 million was cut from the buildings and facilities budget.
- The NSF budget was reduced by a total of $53 million, with $43 million cut from Research and Related Accounts and $10 million from Education and Human Resources.
- VA Medical and Prosthetic research was level funded.
- NASA sustained a cut of $175 million, with $38 million cut from education, $83 from cross-agency support and $54 million from construction and environmental compliance.