US EditionTrump administration agrees to review stalled NIH research grants after lawsuit
The NIH will review 5,000 stalled grant applications nationwide without applying the Trump administration’s contested diversity and vaccine-related directives, restoring normal scientific evaluation.
- On Monday, the Trump administration reached an agreement filed in the federal District Court of Massachusetts requiring NIH to review stalled grant applications through ordinary scientific review in good faith without applying challenged directives.
- Earlier this year, administration directives prompted termination of hundreds of grants tied to diversity, equity and inclusion , with U.S. District Judge William G. Young ruling many terminations likely illegal and the U.S. Supreme Court upholding that finding despite jurisdiction limits.
- Of those affected, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office said 5,000 grants were included, with 529 decisions made on Monday, and 135 of 146 renewal applications funded, according to the ACLU.
- The deal sets near‑term deadlines and oversight by requiring NIH to decide on non-competitive renewals by Monday, issue decisions for reviewed applications by January 12, and face a judge overseeing appeals with oral arguments on Jan. 6.
- The settlement effectively resets the clock so plaintiffs covered by the suit will have stalled applications reviewed as if submitted earlier this year, but experts warn damage from delays and layoffs may persist while non‑plaintiffs face unclear options.
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NIH agrees to restart review of stalled research grants after Boston lawsuit - The Boston Globe
The Trump administration agreed to review hundreds of stalled scientific grans at the National Institutes of Health, a significant development in a federal lawsuit in Boston.
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Trump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants
The James H. Shannon Building (Building One), on the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. (Photo by Lydia Polimeni,/National Institutes of Health)The Trump administration will review frozen grants to universities without using its controversial standards that discouraged gender, race and sexual orientation initiatives and vaccine research. In a settlement agreement filed in Massachusetts federal court Monday, the National …
Trump administration agrees to reconsider cut or stalled DEI-related NIH grants
The Trump administration on Monday reached an agreement to reevaluate thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications that were stalled or cut because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The agreement between the administration, unions and Democratic state attorneys general resolves part of a lawsuit filed against the administration for canceling hundreds of millions of dollars…
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