Research jeopardized: Scientists fear loss of grant will haunt their careers

Scientists protest White House plan to put political appointees in charge of grant-making

Trump plan would reclassify career scientists as political appointees. Critics say it would entrench science as a ‘political football'

Research jeopardized: Scientists fear loss of grant will haunt their careers

Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in her family to graduate from high school. During…