NIH/NSF 2025 grant terminations

Kaiser, J. "NIH terminations reach $2.45 billion." Science News, August 2025. Mervis, J. "NSF kills 1,700 grants." Science News, August 2025. COGR/PNAS, "How the 2025 NIH grant terminations varied by researchers' demographic groups," PNAS 2025, doi:10.1073/pnas.2527755123 (2,291 NIH grants / $2.45B). Committee of Concerned Scientists / COSSA, "NSF Releases List of Terminated Grants," May 21, 2025 (1,752 NSF grants / $1.4B; STEM Education Directorate 839 / $888M). FY2026 President's Budget Request, 2025. AAS, "The FY26 President's Budget Request," June 2025 (NSF FY2026 request $3.9B vs. $9.06B FY2025 enacted, ~56% cut). Grant Watch (grant-watch.us).

Use: E-0017, C-0019.

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