-x Twitt 2009-2024.
Right now, NIH institute directors are civil servants and experienced, top-expert scientists. That is the way NIH has run for decades.
It looks like Trump and Vought are planning to politicize those positions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
Right now, NIH institute directors are civil servants and experienced, top-expert scientists. That is the way NIH has run for decades.
It looks like Trump and Vought are planning to politicize those positions.
There are details here, but this part could be used to disempower peer reviewers—university scientists who review grants—and give decision-making power to Trump political appointees. (Bad.)
There are details here, but this part could be used to disempower peer reviewers—university scientists who review grants—and give decision-making power to Trump political appointees. (Bad.)