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Study suggests that the Trump administration’s wave of NIH grant terminations in 2025 disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and other minority researchers, as well as scientists from sexual and gender minority communities
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A survey of 941 scientists whose NIH grants were terminated in 2025 found the cuts disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, other minority researchers, and scientists from sexual and gender minority communities. This is verified by multiple institutional sources including CIDRAP, Nature, and UCSD. A federal judge also ruled in 2025 that the Trump administration's $100 million halt to humanities grants was unconstitutional and discriminatory, adding judicial confirmation to the pattern researchers documented.
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“Trump administration's wave of NIH grant terminations in 2025 disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and other minority researchers”
Multiple peer-reviewed and institutional sources confirm survey data showing disparate impact on minority researchers from 2025 NIH terminations.
“Grant terminations disproportionately affected scientists from sexual and gender minority communities”
Confirmed by CIDRAP, Nature, and UCSD reporting citing the same survey of 941 terminated-grant scientists.
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