Author: Jocelyn Kaiser

The agency spent its full budget, but left many applicants out of luck

Agency director announces literature search tool, other plans to improve reliability of science findings

Budget chief Russell Vought reportedly wants more power to veto DEI-related funding

Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech

Anthropic describes five cases where scientists in unnamed countries tried to use its Claude software for potentially nefarious work on viruses or toxins

Appointment of John Gaitanis increases concern that scientific qualifications are no longer driving leadership picks

Under “binning” proposal, applications’ numerical ratings would no longer be used for final funding decisions

Agency will no longer allow K career awards to fund clinical trials

Letter says agency is “adjusting its extramural research portfolio, which includes terminating grant awards”

Former top NIH official says Senator Rand Paul is trying to imprison him because of an “unhinged obsession”