A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

"If there is not a pipeline of people to come after me, and to fund the research, then this is going to take generations to fix."

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

The mass-archiving effort is in response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removing some of its web pages.

The National Institutes of Health, the crown jewel of biomedical research in the U.S., could face big changes under the new Trump administration, some fueled by pandemic-era criticisms of the agency.

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