Collins Warns Against Politicizing NIH Grant Awards
TL;DR
Sen. Susan Collins urged the White House to abandon an executive-order plan that would create a board with final say over NIH grantmaking, potentially giving political appointees like Russ Vought veto power and seating NIH director Jay Bhattacharya. She argued the move would politicize funding and undermine the NIH peer-review process, noting that Congress already blocked a related rule via stopgap funding. The update also covers broad Democratic opposition to the plan, while other items note ongoing debates over redirected USAID funds, GOP-Senate actions, and unrelated Capitol scheduling developments.
- Collins urges White House to drop bid to give Vought a veto over health research grants politico.com
- White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants nytimes.com
- Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives The Guardian
- Congressional leaders warn White House against adding controls over NIH grants The Washington Post
- Members of Congress push back on plan to create a commission of political appointees to review NIH grants statnews.com
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