Overview

• The White House halted about $20 million in NIH and other federal grants for Springer Nature subscriptions and is reviewing billions more.
• A Justice Department letter earlier this year questioned Springer’s editorial practices, accused it of partisan advocacy and probed alleged ties to China.
• The action is part of a broader push by the Trump administration to withhold funds from institutions deemed to promote woke ideology.
• Donald Trump Jr. had tweeted “No more taxpayer money for woke publishers!” ahead of the funding cut announcement.
• Springer Nature, which retracted hundreds of research papers over compromised peer review, unveiled a transparent review process for Nature submissions.