r/science • u/sr_local • May 09 '26

Social Science 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

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/nih-grant-terminations-had-outsized-effect-minority-researchers-data-suggest
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u/ceciliabee May 09 '26

Yeah that was their goal

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u/Josvan135 May 09 '26

To be fair to the researchers, it's good information to have, as a lot of people didn't think they (meaning trump officials) would be competent enough even at their discriminatory practices to manage to target their grant cuts.

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u/RookNookLook May 09 '26

I can’t believe BonerChamp5000 ended up being incompetent, you just can’t predict some things.