A Sneaky Move to Block NIH Funding

“Scientists around the country fear that an apparent halt of the Federal Register’s publication of meeting schedules for research grant reviews is an attempt to evade a judge’s order that was supposed to lift the Trump administration’s freeze on federal research funding,” MedPage Today reports.

“Pausing Federal Register notice publication means numerous NIH study sections and advisory councils — panels of subject experts who evaluate each grant application — can’t meet to make decisions on those proposals.”