What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?

NIH is the country’s largest public biomedical research funder, providing some $40 billion to outside scientists every year .

The disruptions to the grant process, some researchers say, is already affecting science.

“It sounds like Big Brother,” one NIH researcher told Mother Jones .

The full consequences of the pause, and when (or whether) it will end, remain unclear.

Researchers fear their studies related to climate science, equity, and diversity initiatives may be vulnerable to funding cuts.

Outside scientists worry they’ll lose access to federal data and that scientists may be forced out of frowned-upon specialties.