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Scientific researchers urge Congress to increase funding to the NIH as the shutdown ends

The record-breaking federal government shutdown marked yet another impediment to scientific research efforts at the Wistar Institute this year. Read More

Changes to Federal Grant Criteria Spark Uncertainty in the Scientific Community

In recent years, federal funding for programs that include diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) components has been significantly reduced. As a result, some scientists have experienced their ... Read More

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations

Earlier this month, a Trump administration plan to cut the National Institutes of Health budget by more than 40% was leaked to the press. The preliminary budget sent shockwaves through the nation's ... Read More

The Science Fields and State Hit Hardest by Trump NIH Cuts, in 4 Charts

An analysis reveals which fields of science and U.S. states are being hit hardest by National Institutes of Health grant terminations The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has terminated nearly ... Read More

NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute ‘Scientific Elite’

The National Institutes of Health announced a plan Tuesday to implement a cap on the fees publishers can charge NIH-funded researchers to make their work publicly accessible. According to NIH ... Read More

Confusion at NIH as administration halts, then releases, billions of dollars for scientific research

NIH said in an email that it was working to make the "limitation short-term." Billions of dollars of National Institutes of Health research were stuck in limbo for hours, causing confusion after a ... Read More

$1.8 billion in NIH grant cuts hit minority health research the hardest

The headlines keep coming: Another federal grant funding medical research terminated. Another lab devoted to mental health losing its funding. Another clinical trial stopped. It’s all part of actions ... Read More

NIH is the largest funder of cancer research. Here's how Trump administration cuts could impact patients.

As the Trump administration makes major cuts to federal health agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, cancer patients and doctors are worried about stalls in research and medicine that ... Read More

Scientific Journals in the Hot Seat

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry. Read More

Federal cuts and uncertainty threaten Maryland's biotech industry

Federal cuts to scientific research have damped economic hopes for what was Maryland's growing bio-health sector. More than 5,000 jobs have been lost. Read More