STAT+: NIH specifies how grant reviewers should ensure alignment with Trump priorities
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Signaling a move toward the next phase of change, leaders at the National Institutes of Health have sent new guidance to its staff on how to further move its $39 billion portfolio in alignment with the Trump administration\u2019s priorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The seven-page guidance, sent on Friday and titled \u201cReviewing Grants for Priority Alignment,\u201d provides details to program officers, who manage grants within a subject area, on how to determine whether grants fall into the administration\u2019s priorities \u2014\u00a0and if not, how to appropriately terminate them. The guidance, which follows a public memo from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya<\/a>, is another step in the administration\u2019s unprecedented campaign to bend the focus of biomedical research in the country to its will.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some outside experts said the guidance is a positive step, making future terminations more of a dialogue that researchers can push back on.\u00a0<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n