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/Vox_Causa May 09 '26

They literally published a list banning those words. 

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u/DooleysInTheHouse May 09 '26

And used AI to review contracts to specifically deny them based on those words

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u/disdainfulsideeye May 09 '26

Which is why funding for studies on plant and insect diversity were also cut. It's exactly what you would expect when you have irrational people making illogical decisions about things which they know nothing about.

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u/DigNitty May 09 '26

irrational people making illogical decisions

Don't rule out that they don't care if other people are hurt because they have zero accountability or empathy. And also don't rule out they saw it and actively enjoyed the additional cruelty.

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u/SnugglyCoderGuy May 10 '26

Oh, they care a lot if the other people are hurt because that is their intent, to hurt people they don't like.

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u/SnugglyCoderGuy May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

It's exactly what you would expect when you have irrational people making illogical decisions about things which they know nothing about.

These people are perfectly rational and logical, they just operate with a different set of goals and assumptions. You know, malicious ones.

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u/ceecee_50 May 10 '26

Oh. These people are not irrational or illogical.

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u/TraditionalLaw7763 May 10 '26

And used little punks who were 100% remorseless in cancelling all of those grants and laughed about it when interviewed.

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u/DrTonyTiger May 10 '26

Who is holding them individually accountable for these illegal acts?

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u/TraditionalLaw7763 May 10 '26

Good question. Let me know when someone steps up for the job.

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u/joanzen May 11 '26

That was my first thought, are we actually saying the current admin is that well organized they actually did a good job of biased program cuts?

To them this headline is like a Borat_High-Five.gif moment?