Overview

• President Trump directed the cancellation of millions in NIH grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and minority health under new executive orders.
• Judges in Massachusetts and California ruled the terminations illegal and arbitrary, issuing injunctions to reinstate over 800 science grants.
• Restored funding would support studies on health disparities, dementia, aging, vaccines and training programs at institutions including the University of California.
• The administration has appealed to the 1st and 9th Circuit Courts and requested stays to suspend the court-mandated reinstatements.
• California led 22 states in a separate suit challenging the use of vague agency-priority clauses to terminate about $10 billion in federal research awards.