Cuts, uncertainty over NIH grants disrupt innovation in health fields, researchers say

NIH grant cuts throw science into a ‘downward spiral,’ researchers and advocates say

A view of the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland, looking south beyond the Stokes Labs (Building 50) and Natcher Building (center) to the reflective façade of the National Library of Medicine (upper right). (Photo by National Institutes of Health)When Geza Kogler, a former professor at Kennesaw State University, lost his National Institutes of Health grant, he didn’t just lose funding; he lost a program he believed in and…

Cuts, uncertainty over NIH grants disrupt innovation in health fields, researchers say

The James H. Shannon Building (Building One) on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda. (Photo by Lydia Polimeni/National Institutes of Health)A University of Maryland program that encourages undergraduate minority students to research communication sciences and disorders was making strides to help people learn and communicate better — until its grant, like 78 others in Maryland, was cut in May. UMD-REACH —Research, Equity, and Acc…

NIH Grant Instability Disrupts Health Research and Minority Student Training Programs

The University of Maryland’s UMD-REACH program, which focuses on training minority undergraduate students in communication sciences and disorders research, experienced significant disruptions when its National Institutes of Health grant was abruptly terminated in May along with 78 other Maryland projects. The program, dedicated to improving how people learn and communicate, was among 47 projects that saw funding reinstated in July, but officials…