Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show

FELDMAN COLUMN: Trump's orders threaten public health, research

In the short time since President Donald Trump began his second term, there has been a rapid-fire barrage of executive orders conducted in a chaotic and reckless manner, creating anxiety, confusion, and uncertainty.

To Rescue Science, Phase Out Research Grants — Minding The Campus

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published National Association of Scholars report, Rescuing Science. It has been edited to align with Minding the Campus’s style guidelines and is cross-posted here with permission.  Public funding of academic research is shaping up as a major political confrontation between universities and the Trump administration. The first […] The post To Rescue Science, Phase Out Research Grants…

News24 | US pulls funding for South African medical research

On 1 May, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is the largest public funder of biomedical research globally, published a new policy prohibiting all foreign sub-awards. As a result, billions of rands in research grants for South African clinical studies are unlikely to be renewed over the next year, GroundUp and Spotlight report.

‘Orwellian’: planetary scientists outraged over deletion of research records

Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order. Researchers say that a NASA-funded institute is over-interpreting Trump’s anti-DEI order.

Trump’s NIH ignored court order, cut research grants anyway

Officials testified that DOGE was directly involved in hundreds of grant terminations.

Leaked memo reveals details about Trump's war on science at the NIH

On the chopping block for grants: Vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.