‘Devastated’ and ‘Hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out on Funding Cuts | ACLU

Hundreds of research projects were abruptly cancelled by the National Institutes of Health in February .

The ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the sweeping cancellation of grants.

Peter Lurie , Nicole Maphis and others say the ACLU won't let political ideology dictate public health.

Lurie: NIH has undermined research on life-threatening diseases like cancer, HIV, and Alzheimer’s.

Katie Edwards : NIH terminated my entire portfolio of grants, resulting in nearly $6 million in lost funding to address LGBTQ health inequities.

Brittany Charlton : NIH has shelved research that would have deepened public understanding of how alcohol may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and offered new paths for intervention.

She says research serving marginalized communities is no longer safe or sustainable.

LGBTQ+ youth experience disproportionately higher rates of violence and adversity than their counterparts.

In March , NIH abruptly terminated six grants for which I was a principal investigator or co-investigator.

One terminated grant aimed to predict which factors lead to sexual assault among sexual-minority men and trans-masculine people.