An amendment to the 2020 funding bill would prohibit the Trump administration from convening ethics advisory boards to review funding proposals involving the tissues.

Overall, men received more money on average, but R01s were an exception.

Female PIs apply for fewer grants, but retain support once they get it.

The company’s announcement comes weeks after enrollment was suspended.

The paper’s authors say bias may nevertheless be present in other steps of the granting process.

Under a new policy, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will provide fewer grants to labs receiving more than $1 million in funds.

The research center and medical school admittedly violated the rules in spending grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Update: The agency announced it will ditch the proposal, and set up a fund for early- to mid-career scientists instead.

A point system seeks to ensure that funding is spread more evenly among researchers, especially early- and mid-career scientists.