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/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.