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Collins: White House backing down from NIH grant order
Susan Collins pressed the administration to drop a political review board that would have given appointees final say over NIH grants.
- The Trump administration is backing off its initial plan for an executive order that would expand White House influence over NIH grants, according to three people familiar with the process.
- Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, pressured the OMB to abandon the effort after The Washington Post reported on a contentious Friday meeting about the proposed order.
- On Friday, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and OMB director Russell Vought held a lengthy discussion about empowering the White House to influence NIH grants to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
- Legal questions remain about OMB influence over NIH spending after Congress intervened earlier this year; advancing the original order could have jeopardized a December 11 stopgap spending bill.
- While the White House is changing course on the initial order, it may still release a different version regarding NIH grants, though both the White House and NIH declined to comment.
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White House drops order for tighter NIH purview
WASHINGTON — The White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would give the Trump administration more control over grantmaking at the National Institutes of Health, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
·Vancouver, United States
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Richmond biotech company feels pressure over NIH grant uncertainty
Within the span of a few days, President Trump announcing and reportedly taking back a proposal to give the White House Control over grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). A local biotech company is still feeling the pressure despite immediate danger.
·Richmond, United States
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