NIH grants

Projects funded by the National Institutes of Health increasingly employ subjective and promotional language in describing research, a study finds.

A review by the US Office of Inspector General found that only about half of the scientists running clinical trials funded by the NIH in 2019 and 2020 appropriately recorded their findings in a federal database, as is legally required.

A review of more than two decades of data finds racial disparities in the success rate of National Science Foundation grant proposals.

The revision allows more time on previous extensions due to COVID-19 and other life events such as childbirth that disproportionately impact early-career women in science.  

The study aims to recruit 40,000 adults and children to get a better sense of the condition that can last weeks or months after infection.

The NIH shared new data detailing complaints it has received in recent years, the latest in a series of steps taken by funding agencies and professional organizations to address misconduct.

A study finds improvement in the proportion of scientific projects that include both sexes, but analyzing results by sex is not routine.

The abrupt termination comes after the research drew President Trump’s attention for its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

A working group has put forth suggestions for cracking down on misconduct, such as requiring grant applicants to disclose sexual harassment findings.

A new analysis finds that black scientists tend to propose projects that have lower rates of funding from the National Institutes of Health than other fields.

esearchers who failed to disclose affiliations and funding sources from other countries are under investigation, and some universities are letting them go discreetely and refunding grant money to the agency.

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.