Science-Based MedicineOpinion

Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Dismantling peer review at NIH

A recent report in Nature describes how the Trump administration is weakening peer review in favor of ideology-based grant ...
MedPage TodayOpinion

I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn’t See.

In a June 18 opinion piece in MedPage Today, Anthony LoSasso, PhD, a health economist who served on NIH study sections for 12 ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

They Got the Best NIH Scores of Their Careers. A Year Later, They Still Don’t Have Funding.

Last May, Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu believed she’d cleared the steepest hurdle for getting a grant from the National Institutes of Health. With her study ranked in the top third percentile of ...
STAT

Securing NIH awards is getting more competitive — and confusing

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The likelihood of snagging National Institutes of Health grants has ...
The Conversation

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth

As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job. It turned out to be the start of a lifelong ...
STAT

NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Emory is the data editor at STAT. He’s a data journalist with a ...
Becker's Hospital Review

NIH updates grant policies: 7 notes

1. On Nov. 18, the NIH said all award notices will now include language stating grants can be terminated “if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency ...
Forbes

New NIH Process To Choose Grant Awardees Will No Longer Use Paylines

The National Institutes of Health longstanding "payline" has helped everyone see the connection between the scientific peer review process and NIH grant funding decisions. What will the latest NIH ...
Los Angeles Times

NIH funding cuts have affected more than 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — More than 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health ...
The Conversation

Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades

In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40% – from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels ...
Undark

At NIH, Political Appointees Get More Say in Grant Decisions

President Donald Trump‘s administration has given notice that political appointees, rather than scientists, will ultimately decide who gets grant money from the world’s largest biomedical research ...