In NIH Funding Case, the Supreme Court Makes Up the Rules as It Goes Along

In NIH Funding Case, the Supreme Court Makes Up the Rules as It Goes Along

The headline from the Supreme Court the other day was its interim shadow docket decision regarding President Donald Trump’s cancellation of $783 million for scientific research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Through an executive order, he issued “guidance” on how NIH grants are to be administered by the agency, including that it will not fund scientific research related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Moving forward, the …

Supreme Court rules Trump administration can cut DEI funding from NIH in split ruling

The Trump administration can continue freezing more than $780 million in diversity, equity and inclusion-related research grants from the National Institutes of Health, following an Aug. 21 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.  The ruling comes after a federal court judge ruled against multiple Trump administration directives in July that cut federal research funding and ordered the administration to repay the cut grant funding. While the court a…