Advocated for #heliophysics on Capitol Hill today. Lots of great discussions, but more to have in the future. Together we can save our field from the devastating cuts in #pbr2026.
#StrongerTogether #advocacy #publicpolicy #savescience #saveresearch #NASA #NSF #NOAA

HEADS UP! The Presidential Budget Request got some numbers wrong for NSO's FY24/FY25 budget numbers. The #pbr2026 states that "The National Solar Observatory FFRDC is cut by 38.6%". The actual percentage cut to NSO would be OVER 50%.

#savescience #saveresearch
#NSF #heliophysics #NSO

The proposed FY 2026 presidential budget request #pbr2026 includes significant cuts impacting key scientific institutions and programs within #NSF that fund #Heliophysics.

See the comments for specifics.

#saveNSF #savescience #saveresearch

The #NSF cuts in the #pbr2026 presidential budget request are huge. I'll be sharing more impacts as I go through the details, but for now suffice it to say that the proposed funding rate for research grants is 6% 🫨😵‍💫🤯😵🤬

#NSF #fundnsf #savescience #saveresearch

tldr; for the #NASA #heliophysics division #pbr2026 missions:

- SDO and SolO down almost 50% each
- Parker actually gets a boost
- Cancels GDC, MMS, THEMIS, TIMED, AIM, GOLD, IRIS, Hinode, EUVST, Helio swarm
- Moves STEREO to SwX
- FY26 MIDEX cancelled (i.e. solar polar mission in Helio Decadal)

‼️📢 #pbr2026 proposes reducing #NASA #Heliophysics: $432.5M, down from $805M in FY25 (due to the CR) - a nearly 50% cut.

Heliophysics is one of NASA's most underfunded divisions. It's essential to protecting satellites, astronauts, communications, power grids - anything impacted by #SpaceWeather