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Pa. 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. After a year in which federal research funding was ... Read More

Confusion at NIH as billions of dollars for scientific research halted, then released

Billions of dollars of National Institutes of Health research were stuck in limbo for hours, causing confusion after a memo from the Office of Management and Budget appeared to direct a halt to its ... Read More

The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

Together, the N.I.H. and the N.S.F. had a nearly $60 billion annual budget for funding future breakthroughs in science and medicine, about a quarter of which is typically spent on new grants or ... Read More

Judge orders NIH to restore research funds terminated using political, not scientific criteria

A federal judge in Boston ordered the National Institutes of Health to restore billions of federal research dollars terminated in recent months by the Trump administration. Judge William Young said ... 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

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

A breast cancer researcher at Harvard loses 1/3 of her staff amid NIH funding cuts

Amid NIH funding delays, clawbacks and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments. 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

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