US EditionNIH bans all future grants to universities with DEI programs or Israel boycotts
- The National Institutes of Health will cease funding universities with diversity and inclusion programs or boycotts against Israel, according to a policy note issued Monday.
- Harvard University received $488 million in NIH funding in fiscal year 2024, which may be affected by this new policy.
- The policy change may financially impact research universities and has raised concerns among higher education leaders about funding cuts, as reported by S&P Global Ratings.
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Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after passing bans on DEI initiatives
Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature has adjourned its monthslong lawmaking session by passing a final flurry of bills. They include ones aimed at diversity, equity and inclusion in governments. Lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to the bills aimed at DEI programs. Democrats…
Trump Admin Enacts Vast Censorship of American Scientists Over Israel
Research institutes and universities may engage in boycotts or divestment to pressure any country or government entity in the world. Recent institutional boycotts include measures to protest corporations that do business in North Carolina and China. That right no longer exists when it comes to protests of Israel.Researchers and university employees who engage in certain nonviolent protests or political expression over human rights conditions in …
NIH bans grants to universities with DEI programs or Israeli boycotts
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced new rules banning medical research grants for universities with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs or that have implemented boycotts of Israeli goods or companies. The new rules came in a policy notice on Monday, April 21. What does the memo say? The notice says that the NIH “reserves the right to terminate financial assistance and recover all funds” if universities receiving the gran…
Palm Beach County schools to strip DEI and avoid $300 million cut
The Palm Beach County changes would remove references to affirmative action in hiring, minority preference in vendor selection, racial balance in student assignments and racial diversity on some district committees, among other changes.
School District of Palm Beach County to adopt emergency policy eliminating DEI
The School District of Palm Beach County is set to adopt an emergency rule to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion policies, in order to keep federal funding. This policy change will be part of the school board's April 23 meeting. The agenda item cites that there is "imminent danger to the health, safety, and welfare posed to the public and the significant fiscal implications associated with federal enforcement of the federal interpretation…
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