Scientific News Nih Reels With Fear, Uncertainty About Future Of Scientific Research

NIH budget cuts threaten the future of biomedical research — and the young scientists behind it

A proposed $18-billion cut to the NIH’s 2026 federal budget has frozen or terminated thousands of grants, sparking widespread alarm among researchers. Scientists warn the cuts could lead to a major ... Read More

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

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

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump

The National Institutes of Health's sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Trump ... 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

As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research

Ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice, according to leaders of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), which represents more than ... 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

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

The NIH called my health equity research ‘antithetical to scientific inquiry’

Beyer is an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. As a pediatrician and a scientist-in-training, I conduct research on a critical question ... Read More

Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger

As a boy growing up in war-torn Lebanon, I never could have imagined that moving to America would lead me to a life in science. I grew up amid civil war in Lebanon, where my family had sought refuge ... Read More