1 day ago · In the 2024 fiscal year, the N.I.H. spent at least $32 billion on nearly 60,000 grants, including medical research in areas like cancer, genetics and infectious disease.

1 day ago · Efforts by the Trump administration to drastically cut federal investments in medical research are threatening to kneecap major research institutions and stifle scientific progress to combat chroni…

4 days ago · U.S. district court judge Angel Kelley scheduled a hearing on the case for Feb. 21. The Trump administration did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The NIH gave out about $35 billion in grants last year: Scientists submit research proposals that are vetted by expert committees to determine their importance.

Feb 4, 2025 · Trump tried to cut the NIH budget last time he was president and wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime NIH critic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the NIH. Dr ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor who publicly criticized how the NIH handled the Covid pandemic, has been tapped by President Donald Trump to be the next NIH director. A...

Feb 4, 2025 · The gears of the grantmaking machinery at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have begun to move again, after a 2-week standstill following a controversial ban on communications imposed by President Donald Trump.

Jan 23, 2025 · His administration has abruptly cancelled research-grant reviews, travel and training for scientists inside and outside the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest public funder...

Jan 27, 2025 · In the first week of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term, directives his administration imposed on government agencies whose mission it is to promote health and research sparked rumors that...

Nov 15, 2024 · Proposals from both chambers of the US Congress, as well as comments made by the incoming administration of US president-elect Donald Trump show that there is significant appetite to reform the...