Overview

• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will withdraw funding from researchers who engage in protests against Israel or boycott Israeli companies.
• New NIH policies also allow the agency to terminate grants and recover funds from universities with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
• The NIH, the world’s largest public biomedical funder, issues 60,000 grants annually, representing over 80% of its $48 billion budget.
• Legal challenges continue against the administration’s broader funding restrictions, including caps on indirect costs and grant terminations tied to DEI and collaborations with Chinese institutions.
• The Department of Homeland Security plans to screen immigrants' social media for antisemitism, intensifying concerns about politicized enforcement and its impact on academic freedom.