Reposted by Chris Anderson, PhD. 🏳️🌈
Banning words in grant applications violates the First Amendment.
"NIH is systematically trying to silence research-related speech, including biomedical results that it suspects will express views the administration does not like on everything from DEI to gender identity to climate change..."
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science.org
Researchers file First Amendment challenge to NIH grant screening
Lawsuit argues that Trump policy of purging politically sensitive terms from research projects violates free speech