#grant-cancellations

#grant-cancellations

The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of which voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year's presidential election. The cuts were announced in a social media post late Wednesday by Russell Vought, the White House budget director: "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled." The move comes as President Donald Trump threatens cuts and firings in his fight with congressional Democrats over the federal government shutdown.

A US court has cleared the way for the National Science Foundation to press ahead with the cancellation of more than 1,700 research grants worth upwards of $1 billion. The ruling, handed down this week by Judge Jia Cobb of the DC District Court, rejects a request from researchers, universities and scientific societies to reinstate the cancelled grants while the case is heard. The plaintiffs had argued that NSF's mass terminations were arbitrary, unlawful and would do irreparable harm to the country's research ecosystem.

Jeanne Marrazzo, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Kathleen Neuzil, former director of the NIH's Fogarty International Center and former associate director for international research, filed complaints Thursday with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, seeking reinstatement. They allege they faced retaliation for whistleblowing and other protected activity. Marrazzo "objected to the Administration's hostility towards vaccines and its abrupt cancellation of grants and clinical trials for political reasons," according to her complaint.