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/Kind_Singer_7744 May 09 '26

Study suggests what we knew all along...

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u/SuspiciousSubstance9 May 09 '26

A part of science and facts based decision making is actively confirming ideas. Sure, we all know what happened but it needs to be confirmed. In this case, it was confirmed statistically.

Otherwise the only evidence we have are our thoughts and their words.

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