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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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