NIH grant terminations under Trump have totaled at least $1.8 billion, analysis finds
Researchers calculated that $1.8 billion in National Institutes of Health grants were terminated in just over one month
It has been hard to quantify the scope of grants canceled by Trump administration health agencies, but in a paper published Thursday, researchers are putting forth one topline number: $1.8 billion in grants from the National Institutes of Health terminated in just over one month, including $544 million that had not yet been spent. The figure is imperfect and is likely an undercount, outside researchers noted, but points to an unprecedented disruption to science in the U.S.
The authors did not analyze grants by topic because there is no standardized way to do so. Instead they looked at the type of funding program the grants were a part of and the NIH institute or center awarding them. That analysis highlights the administration’s focus on grants it deems related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities saw the largest percent of its portfolio cut — 29.6% of the dollar amount of active grants — followed by 13.4% for the National Institutes of Nursing Research, which awards many grants related to treating marginalized patients.
