Don't forget to comment on Russel Vought's odious proposed rule to corrupt federal grantmaking, by giving political appointees a veto on any proposal that they judge does not "advance the president's priorities":

https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/OMB-2026-0034-0001

Comments are due by 13-jul-2026.

#Science #uspol #NIH #NCI #NHLBI

“A new JAMA study finds that in 2025, the numbers of Black and Hispanic researchers receiving U.S. National Institutes of Health ( #NIH ) grants and fellowships dropped markedly compared with previous fiscal years.

From 2024 to 2025, Black and Hispanic principal investigators (PIs) declined by 9.8% and 7.3%, respectively.

For NIH fellowship recipients, the fall was even steeper: The number of Black fellows fell by 40.5%, for example, from 205 to just 122.”

https://www.science.org/content/article/study-finds-sharp-decline-black-hispanic-researchers-receiving-nih-funding

"More than a dozen federal employees and contractors who work inside the Department of Health and Human Services told POLITICO they’ve noticed the change in tone, but aren’t seeing as much in the way of substance. They said they continue to distrust Kennedy and his deputies’ policy decisions."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/13/rfk-jr-changes-approach-toward-staff-00961201

#PublicHealth #HHS #DOGE #CDC #FDA #NIH #USpol

"Federal charges against two virologists have sparked public outcry among scientists concerned about NIH researchers being targeted by the Trump administration."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/121710

#biomedical #science #research #mpox #NIH #DOJ #USpol

American Diabetes Association Fucked Up Real Bad Trying To Placate Trump Administration

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/06/12/american-diabetes-association-fucked-up-real-bad-trying-to-placate-trump-administration/

"A study published this week in JAMA found that, while the number of investigators sank overall, Black and Hispanic researchers received fewer research grants and fellowships than their peers in 2025."

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/2025-number-nih-backed-pis-and-fellows-declined-black-hispanic-researchers-hit

Original research (paywalled): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2850114

#healthcare #biomedical #research #NIH #grants #funding #diversity #equity #inclusion

"We published in Nature Medicine in 2025 for free. In 2026, it cost us $12,850."
https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/open-access-journal-fees-nature-wiley-elsevier-nih/
(#paywalled)

There's a lot going on in this confused and confusing article.

* The author and her co-authors were foolish to pay $12,850 for a Nature Medicine APC. They could have published the same article for a lower fee, or no fee, at many other respected journals. They didn't pay for quality. They paid for journal branding or prestige.

* The author says her team paid for the APC "to comply" with the NIH policy. Untrue. Complying with the NIH policy is free of charge. They paid the APC to publish in Nature Medicine.

* The author says that APCs "pose barriers to making NIH-funded research available to the public." Untrue. NIH makes funded research available to the public through #PubMedCentral (#GreenOA) no matter where the author chooses to publish and no matter whether the author chooses to pay an APC.

#FunderPolicies #Funders #NIH #OpenAccess #ScholComm