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NIH cuts tracked by researchers in Grant Watch database

May 27, 2025
Scott Delaney, a Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health environmental health researcher
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A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut

Researchers launched Grant Watch to document NIH cuts, rally scientific community: Q&A with Scott Delaney, whose own funding was canceled

By Anil Oza


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Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, speaks during the 2024 Nobel Prize Symposium at the Swedish Embassy in Washington.
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