Overview

• The NIH announced it will terminate or recover funding from universities with diversity and inclusion programs or those participating in boycotts of Israeli companies.
• The new directive applies to all new, renewal, supplement, or continuation awards issued starting April 21, 2025.
• This follows earlier cancellations of hundreds of grants focused on diversity, health disparities, and international collaborations, leading to ongoing lawsuits from public health and labor groups.
• S&P Global Ratings has warned that these funding cuts could impose significant financial pressures on research institutions heavily reliant on federal grants.
• The NIH, the largest public funder of biomedical research, allocates over 80% of its $48 billion annual budget to research grants, affecting nearly 3,000 institutions nationwide.