NIH likely to award fewer grants as it races to spend 2026 budget

Inside the new political screening that’s stalling biomedical research. Leaked NIH documents reveal every application is read by top health officials and checked for 235 disfavoured terms, leaving hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo.

University of Minnesota research team awarded NIH grant to study congenital CMV transmission during pregnancy - EurekAlert!

New NIH security rules for genomic data sets are slowing research, prompting workarounds