Trump Administration’s NIH Cuts Totaled $1.8B, Analysis Finds

Reuters (5/8, Lapid) reports authors of an analysis published a research letter in JAMA Thursday stating that “between February 28 and April 8, the NIH canceled 694 grants” worth $1.81 billion in medical research funding “in response to the Trump administration’s policy shifts and its efforts to shrink the federal budget.” The figure “included 128 grants administered by the National Institute of Mental Health and 77 administered by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.” Overall, cuts at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities “accounted for nearly one-third of its previously active funding.” Meanwhile, the “terminated funding was highest for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at nearly $506 million.” The report also found that “across 210 recipient institutions, Columbia University saw the highest number of terminated grants, at 157.”