NIH terminating active research grants related to LGBTQ+, DEI studiesAt least 24 termination letters have been sent out, according to one official.
Link to Full ArticleABC News - Mary Kekatos
March 7, 2025, 6:01 PM
Several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and ... (DEI) are being canceled at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) because they allegedly do not meet the "priorities" of the current administration.
Starting last week, at least 24 termination letters were sent to researchers at various universities and dozens more have likely occurred ...
... canceled grants involved research around "transgender issues" and "gender identity," including studying stress in older LGBTQ+ adults and the epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and other dementia in LGBTQ+ older adults.
"This award no longer effectuates agency priorities," all of the letters read. "Research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific, have little identifiable return on investment, and do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans. Many such studies ignore, rather than seriously examine, biological realities. It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize these research programs."
"The premise...is incompatible with agency priorities, and no modification of the project could align the project with agency priorities," the letters continue.
The letters state that typically NIH allows grant recipients to "take appropriate corrective action" before a termination decision is allowed. However, the letters declare "No corrective action is possible here."------------------------------
For clarity, the article goes on to state:
"On Wednesday, a federal judge issued a nationwide order blocking the NIH from making cuts to research funding that researchers warned could catastrophically harm medical and scientific research and potentially affect treatments in the U.S.
It remains to be seen if the injunction will have an effect on the projects from universities that received termination letters."So the administration is prevented from blocking the funding by court order, but if they just terminate the contract, then no funding is needed. This administration continues to openly defy the Constitution, the law, and court orders.
