US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2B in research grants
17 days ago
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- US Supreme Court derails efforts to reinstate $2 billion in NIH research grants.
- Court rules lawsuits should be reviewed by a contracts court, not district court.
- Lower court had deemed NIH grant terminations related to DEI as racial discrimination.
- Scientists view the decision as a de-facto win for the Trump administration due to prohibitive legal costs.
- NIH terminated grants on topics like DEI, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19, affecting entire research fields.
- Judge William Young ruled NIH guidelines and 800 terminations illegal, citing unprecedented racial discrimination.
- Appeals court denied Trump administration's request to halt Young's ruling, citing delays in lifesaving research.
- Supreme Court's emergency ruling was fractious, reflecting deep divisions among justices.