Grant Witness
Coverage of Grant Witness in the Nexus archive.
- STAT+: NIH cuts weakened network primed to respond to outbreaks like Ebola
The NIH funded a network of 10 centers in 2020 to study emerging infectious diseases, but grants were terminated in 2025 by the Trump administration as part of pandemic-related cuts. The cuts left the network unable to respond to recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, with researchers citing weakened international collaborations and hindered outbreak preparedness.
- The Social Sciences Are in Trouble
The Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Science Foundation's budget in half and eliminating its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences division, which funds most U.S. social science research. The NSF's board was disbanded, and the SBE division's current budget is two-thirds smaller, with only five grants awarded this year compared to 250 in a typical year.