NIH Research Grants Halted by White House Budget Office | JQJO

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has temporarily halted the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) issuance of research grants, contracts, and training awards. This affects all new and potentially ongoing research funding from the NIH to universities and research institutions. The decision, communicated in a four-sentence email, stems from a footnote in the OMB's apportionment of NIH funding for the final two months of the fiscal year. The Department of Health and Human Services interprets this as prohibiting new awards, with NIH aiming for a short-term pause.