Targeted termination of scientific grants and minoritised researcher status in a national survey: a cross sectional analysis
Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Natalie Vawter, Laramie R. Smith, Nicholas Metheny, Abigail M. Hatcher, Sarah Peitzmeier · 2026
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Rebecca Fielding-Miller and five co-authors survey, in a 2026 study, who bore the brunt when the National Institutes of Health cut science grants in early 2025. Over two thousand grants were terminated, most tied to health equity work. Six hundred fell in blanket, institution-wide actions said to combat anti-Semitism. The team sent a survey link to 1,918 affected investigators listed in a grant tracking database.
In all, 941 investigators replied, close to half. Of those whose grants were cut as equity work, 48.6% were researchers of color. Of gender-related cuts, three fifths were sexual or gender minority leads. A fifth of those cut in the blanket sweeps were Jewish, the group the sweep claimed to protect. Regression checks show minority leads faced far higher odds of the targeted cuts than white male peers. The authors call for fresh funds for the fields and people hit.
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| CREATOR | Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Natalie Vawter, Laramie R. Smith, Nicholas Metheny, Abigail M. Hatcher, Sarah Peitzmeier |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |