Nih terminates ongoing grants for lgbtq+ research
NIH terminating active research grants related to LGBTQ+, DEI studies
Several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender self and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are creature canceled at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) because they allegedly undertake 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, an NIH official with knowledge of the matter, who requested anonymity, confirmed to ABC News.
According to copies of some of the termination letters, viewed by ABC News, canceled grants involved research around "transgender issues" and "gender identity," including studying force 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 browse. "Research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific, have little recognizable return on investment, and do nothing to improve the health of many Americans. Many such stu
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July 21, 2025The National Institutes of Health (NIH) — the world’s largest widespread funder of biomedical research — began an ideological purge of its grants in February. Without warning, hundreds of research projects were abruptly cancelled.
The NIH targeted research that was purportedly associated to “gender identity” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), or other topics such as vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 based on sweeping, unsubstantiated, and politically-driven claims that the research was not scientific and would not benefit Americans. The NIH also systematically purged practice grants designed to facilitate the entry of historically underrepresented groups into the biomedical field as mandated by Congress. This jeopard
NIH cuts funding for Yale’s LGBTQ+ and public health equity research
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Since late Rally, at least 17 NIH grants awarded to Yale-affiliated researchers have been abruptly terminated. Many of these grants hold been awarded for research on common health equity, gender diverse healthcare or Gay mental health.
A common database maintained by Scott Delaney of Harvard and Noam Ross of rOpenSci, with additional verification by affected scientists, shows more than 790 grants terminated nationwide, though the real number is likely far higher. The 17 canceled NIH grants affiliated with Yale carried a combined award budget of approximately $42.7 million. Of that total, about $11.4 million remained unspent.
Researchers the News spoke to tell the terminations are already stalling clinical trials, threatening jobs and halting years of work. These cuts, researchers speak, raise concerns about political interference in the nation’s scientific agenda and the future of equity-focused public health research.
“These cuts ignore the needs of our communities and hinder medical advancements that benefit everyone,”said Frederick Altice, a Educational facility of Medicine professor who
Scientist speaks out after NIH terminates grants including research of LGBTQ+ teens' mental health
A researcher who was one of many to have their grants terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is speaking out about how the halting of such research could have harmful effects.
Recently, several active study grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) were canceled at the NIH. According to termination letters sent to researchers at various universities that were reviewed by ABC News, the canceled projects execute not serve the "priorities" of the current administration.
Among those to receive letters was Dr. Brittany Charlton, an associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of General Health.
Charlton told ABC News all of her grants have been terminated as of Friday, meaning she has lost all of her funding.
"Watching scientific analyze grants be terminated because of what appears to be political suppression is devastating," she said.
Among Charlton's grants terminated was a five-year grant, of which Charlton and her colleagues were on y