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Trump seeks to bring health-research funding under his control, Politico reports
The proposed board would give political appointees unanimous control over NIH grant awards, drawing criticism that it could inject politics into research funding.
- On Saturday, Politico reported that President Donald Trump is drafting an executive order to create a board overseeing National Institutes of Health grant awards, centralizing funding control under political appointees.
- Russ Vought has argued that political appointees should have greater authority to terminate grants, claiming career bureaucrats at the NIH have facilitated research conflicting with the president's priorities.
- Currently, funding decisions rest with the directors of NIH's 27 institutes, but the proposed board would include Vought and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, requiring unanimous decisions on all grant awards.
- Lawmakers from both parties have criticized the proposal, warning it could inject politics into scientific research, following similar funding cuts undertaken last year that affected numerous institutions.
- An HHS spokesperson said the department was "committed to the core mission of the NIH" and that "NIH grant monies will be disbursed," though the agency did not provide further comment.
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Trump seeks to bring health-research funding under his control, Politico reports
U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to bring a major part of national funding for health research under the control of his political appointees, Politico reported on Saturday.
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Donald Trump seeks to bring health-research funding under his control, Politico reports
Donald Trump has directed his budget director, Russ Vought, to draft an executive order to create a board that would decide which grants would be funded by the National Institutes of Health
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