A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain scientific data from government websites.

Between the end of February and early April, the federal government terminated almost 700 NIH grants equaling $1.81 billion. That’s about 3.3 percent of the NIH’s total operating budget, the researchers report May 8 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

During the first three months of this year, the National Institutes of Health cut $2.7 billion in grant funding compared to the same time frame in 2024, according to a new report from Senate Democrats released Tuesday.

With the future of her cancer treatment in limbo, Natalie Phelps doesn’t know how much longer she can wait. Last month, after months of seeking treatment options for her colorectal cancer, the 43-year-old mother of two was accepted into an ongoing study at the National Institutes of Health.

A coalition of states can move forward with their lawsuit alleging the Trump administration is illegally canceling research grants funding medical and scientific advancements, a district court ruled Monday.

The National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities lost the most grants, at 128 and 77 respectively, reported Harlan Krumholz, MD, of the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and co-authors.

Bundesen forwarded the email with the spreadsheet to Michelle Bulls, who directs the agency’s Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration. Bundesen resigned from the NIH a week later, on March 7, citing “untenable” working conditions.

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The NIH faces cuts of 35 percent, requested by billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Consequently, researchers have had to struggle with getting reimbursed for routine expenses such as lab mice—especially after DOGE put a one-dollar spending limit on the use of government credit cards.

If students don’t feel like they’re going to be safe and stable in a science research career, a lot of them are looking elsewhere,” Mia Bennett said.

The White House on Friday revealed President Trump’s budget request for fiscal 2026, which includes cutting a quarter of the discretionary funding designated to the Department of Health

The Trump administration has effectively “blacklisted” Harvard University from getting federal funding as part of its ongoing battle over discrimination and ideology, the university says in a new court filing.