‘Complete shock and dismay’: scientists unite against Trump’s $1tn grant attack
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The article reports a proposal from the Office of Management and Budget that would overhaul the NIH grant system, placing control of $1 trillion in grants with political appointees. Scientists, including Harvard professor Nancy Krieger, have reacted with shock and dismay. The proposal threatens to disrupt the current grant-making process and has united researchers in opposition.
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NIH is a major funder of public health research
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal would upend the entire NIH grant-making system.
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The proposal would put vast sums of grant money into the hands of political appointees.
Prediction- NIH is a major funder of public health research
- Krieger's work on social determinants of health is at risk
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Loaded language removed<p>OMB proposal would upend entire grant-making system – and put vast sums into hands of political appointees</p><p>It was a late Friday afternoon in Boston when Harvard School of Public Health professor Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist, received an email that would reshape the next year of her life.</p><p>It was from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – her <a…
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The proposal would put vast sums of grant money into the hands of political appointees.
PredictionThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposal would upend the entire NIH grant-making system.
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