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Young scientists worry a grant that was supposed to jump-start their careers could become a blemish on their résumés costing them jobs and funding that make their research possible.
Frances Arnold, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry, says U.S. science is “paying the price” for not explaining the ...
Duke faculty members expressed concerns that early career scientists, particularly those studying areas related to diversity, equity and inclusion, have been most affected by the Trump ...
Nearly 200 young scientists face uncertain futures after the National ... grants if they have DEI programs and said the ... about health issues and is one of the core ...
"Both courage and the rule of law were on full display in a federal courtroom in Boston last week," writes one reader.
Perhaps the most lasting threat of Trump’s DEI purge is an indirect one: good scientists quitting government-supported science—or steering clear of it in the first place.
First Black woman to head Library of Congress fired by Trump over DEI concerns Carla Hayden has championed books by diverse authors. 'We felt she did not fit the needs of the American people ...
It’s already hard enough to establish oneself as a young scientist. The average age for researchers to receive a first N.I.H. grant has increased since 1995 and is now over 40 years.
A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.
As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers : Shots - Health News The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which ...
Adelaide Tovar, PhD, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew up poor and was the first in her ...
Tovar is one of about 200 young scientists who will lose research funding because the Trump administration abruptly ended the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program. (Mike Hawkins) ...