Inside Higher Ed
NIH Avoided Funding Cuts. But It Lacks Permanent Leaders in Top Posts.
After Trump administration terminations and other departures, the federal research funding agency has acting directors ...
Another Republican senator goes against Trump's 'poorly conceived' NIH funding cuts
Collins said Kennedy “promised” that as soon as he was confirmed he would “re-examine this initiative” that he says was “implemented prior to his confirmation.” ...
Seattle NIH money was under attack. Now it’s at a record high
President Donald Trump wanted to cut medical research funding by 40%. Last week, he signed a budget that funds it at the highest levels ever.
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NIH Director Struggles To Defend His Own Plan To Slash $18 Billion In Medical Research
WASHINGTON ― National Institutes of Health director Jayanta Bhattacharya got a cool reception from Democratic and Republican senators on Tuesday as he defended his agency’s budget request for 2026, ...
The Hill
Appeals panel upholds block of NIH research overhead payment cuts
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling preventing the Trump administration from cutting billions of dollars in support of research payments to universities, medical centers and other ...
The Lantern
The Cost of Cuts: How NIH Funding Cuts Disrupted Ohio State Research
Scientific research projects across the nation came to a sudden halt in early 2025, when the Federal Administration terminated nearly $3.8 billion in National Institutes of Health grant funding. Ohio ...
Congress nixes Trump research funding cuts, easing fears among Mass. scientists and lawmakers
In a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration’s campaign to slash medical research, Congress passed legislation Tuesday that ...
Undark Magazine
At NIH, a Power Struggle Over Institute Directorships Deepens
The biomedical research giant is largely run by 27 institute and center directors. Will those roles become politicized?
The lasting effects of Boston’s biotech brain drain
The Globe partnered with MassInc. Polling Group to survey scientists who received funding from NIH on what impacts they’ve faced and the results were damning.