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Trump administration backs off NIH grant control order
Original: Update. "Trump administration backing off NIH grant order amid pushback." https://www. semafor.com/article/09/23/2026 /t
The Trump administration is retreating from a proposed executive order that would have given the White House greater control over National Institutes of Health grant decisions. Reporting indicates the plan is effectively dead after strong pushback from scientists, universities, and lawmakers who warned it would politicise federal medical research funding.
Why now: The withdrawal of a contested order affecting billions in NIH research funding is significant news for the scientific and medical community.
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- Update. "Trump administration backing off NIH grant order amid pushback." https://www. semafor.com/article/09/23/2026 /trump-administration-backing-off-nih-grant-order-amid-pushback "White House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears ‘dead’. The proposed executive order… · petersuber@fediscience.org · 8
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