NIH, Trump and research grants
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U.S. medical research is at a precipice as President Trump proposes cutting $18 billion from the National Institutes of Health.
After a federal judge in Boston ruled Monday that the NIH acted illegally in terminating about 800 research grants, some impacted scientists are unsure what the ruling means for them.
A federal judge ruled directives from the Trump administration that led to the cancellations of research grants from the NIH were "void" and "illegal."
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of grants from the National Institutes of Health that were cut over “disfavored topics and populations,” including diversity, equity and inclusion, according to published reports.
The National Institutes of Health is making $50 million available to study autism, but many researchers in the field are leery of the new initiative, which they say is rushed and skirts typical protocols.
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya claimed the dean of Stanford Medical School asked him to stop speaking with the press
Judge William Young called the Trump administration's cancellations "illegal" and cited racial discrimination in his ruling that restores over 360 grants nationwide.
Scientists are warning that the U.S. will suffer from President Trump’s decision to cut $1.8 billion in grants for the National Institutes of Health. What the Trump administration fails to acknowledge is that federally funded research is a “return on investment for the entire country,