From The Hill: The Trump administration... reached an agreement to reevaluate thousands of National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant applications that were stalled or cut because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The agreement between the administration, unions and Democratic state attorneys general resolves part of a lawsuit filed against the administration for canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research funds. A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the terminations were unlawful and forced the government to reinstate several of the grants. The Supreme Court later partially lifted the decision, ruling that legal battles over the terminated grants should be handled by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, which specializes in monetary disputes with the government.
[The] agreement resolved part of the battle. The NIH said it will use its standard process to review the stalled, frozen or denied applications, rather than the Trump administration directives terminating grants relating to LGBTQ issues, gender identity and DEI... The NIH will not be required to fund any specific application, only to consider them under normal procedure...
Full story at https://thehill.com/policy/
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