Since 2022, the NIH and other federal agencies have required private companies applying for grants through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer ...

The National Institutes of Health is launching a five-year, $10 million research initiative into the long-term health effects of the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In a news ...

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In his view, the new NIH terms are unconstitutional because such conditions on spending, which he characterized as “unrelated to scientific endeavors,” need to be authorized by Congress. The NIH did ...

Catch up on how the latest NIH funding cuts are threatening Chicago's biotech ambitions, and how Chicago startup LanzaJet is working with one of the world's largest tech firms.

Zach Prince Sure, so as some background, this is about the Small Business Innovation Research Program or SBIR. Everyone likes to pronounce their acronyms in government. The SBIR program is a great way ...

The cuts are part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce what it has called “wasteful” spending on certain medical research. The NIH canceled more than $1.8 billion in grants by ...

It would also mean awarding fewer new grants. The fiscal 2026 budget proposal estimates that NIH research grant awards would drop from 42,143 in 2024, to 38,069 in 2025, to 27,477 in 2026.

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025.

Tuesday, June 10, U.S. Senators posed tough questions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the ...

The NIH has canceled $9.5 billion worth of funding through 2,100 research grants since January and another $2.6 billion in contracts supporting clinical trials, according to a recent letter signed ...