Pausing the NIH

[Mr.Smile12]

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Clawback of active projects now underway.

The NIH’s Grant Terminations Are ‘Utter and Complete Chaos’

The Trump administration is rapidly canceling hundreds of grants, in the most aggressive attack yet on American science.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[SurfingDoctor]

This reads like an onion headline...

HHS taps anti-vaccine activist to look at debunked links between autism and vaccines, sources say

David Geier has repeatedly claimed that vaccines cause autism. Working alongside his father, he has published a number of studies on the subject that have since been retracted.

www.nbcnews.com

Cut the NIH so we can divert money to show vaccines cause autism in a study run by a person who has no degree... 🤣

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal

Studies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.

www.nature.com

 

[SurfingDoctor]

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-budget-proposal-doe-cost-cap-blocked-educators-sue-and-seth-rogen-defends-science

White House to propose massive NIH budget cut​

The Washington Post is reporting that Trump’s near-final 2026 budget proposal will seek a roughly 40% cut to the current $47.4 billion budget of the National Institutes of Health. The proposal would also merge NIH’s 27 institutes and centers into eight and eliminate the nursing and minority health institutes, according to the newspaper. (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be slashed 44% to $5.2 billion as part of an overall $40 billion, or one-third, cut to the budget of the Department of Health and Human Services.) Congress, which will have the final say, rejected requests Trump made during his first term to slash NIH’s budget.

I feel like these "proposed cuts" were in line with what Trump proposed last time. However, this time, he's got more sycophants around him and appears more unstable than prior (which is a feat!), so who knows.

 

[SurfingDoctor]

NIH to prioritize human-based research technologies

New initiative aims to reduce use of animals in NIH-funded research.

www.nih.gov

 

[SurfingDoctor]

https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-insiders-trump-dismantling-and-destroying-everything

 

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https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-insiders-trump-dismantling-and-destroying-everything

Just got word from my fantastic PO that they are leaving NIH. Unclear if by choice or by force. I'm hoping for the former but fearing it's the latter.
This is horrible 🙁

 

[SurfingDoctor]

I don't know if anyone pays attention to the NIH weekly Opportunities and Notices. It for notices of interest, program announcements and new funding opportunities. Historically, I found it very informative.

Most recently, its just been announcing canceled grant opportunities or expiring them early. There have not been any new funding announcements for months.

Until TODAY!

RFA-FD-25-024: A Research Study of Contaminants in School Meals (U18)

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: A Research Study of Contaminants in School Meals (U18) RFA-FD-25-024. FDA

grants.nih.gov

We must get to the bottom of why we are poisoning poor children with school lunches!

This was the best part of the "Review Criteria"

How well does the applicant demonstrate administrative and operational readiness to implement the proposed food service intervention during the 2025 – 2026 school year?

Ah yes, find all the poisons in the entire US food system and have them out and operationalized in 2 months. It's an RFA so they are throwing tens of millions of dollars at this ($20 million according to the FOA).

MAHA!