Fewer scientific research grants have been awarded by the US National Institutes of Health this year compared to previous years according to an analysis of Federal Register notices
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Fewer scientific research grants have been awarded by the US National Institutes of Health this year compared to previous years according to an analysis of Federal Register notices
Posted by shiruken
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The graph of interest:
https://preview.redd.it/800hpgde6ime1.png?width=2400&format=png&auto=webp&s=0143e6eb31cc2c5512957dd9b75a9bb0f8fc0853
One of my responsibilities is producing a quarterly congressional report on clinical trial funding. We may not put together a q2 (or beyond?!) report because of all this.
For what it’s worth though, the rate of grant awards is ~the same but just temporally offset by about two weeks (from when they literally halted all of it). But I suspect the current growth will soon come to a halt too. Every single US academic institution I know has a hiring freeze right now, so it’s pretty much a shitshow.