Florida Atlantic University has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how an immune-related receptor in neurons plays a fundamental role in brain function ...

On March 6, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans to centralize peer review of all applications for grants, cooperative agreements and research and development contracts within ...

Johns Hopkins University led all U.S. universities in 2025 for total NIH grant support, historically the leading source of ...

Critics argue that NIH directors should have term limits. Others say leadership continuity matters. Who's right?

WASHINGTON — A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for the National Institutes of Health to implement a unified, agencywide ...

Earlier this month, a Trump administration plan to cut the National Institutes of Health budget by more than 40% was leaked to the press. The preliminary budget sent shockwaves through the nation's ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. The National Institutes of Health on Friday announced six acting directors to run ...

A poll published Thursday found that Americans have lost trust in federal health institutions and are more likely to say they ...

Like many government institutions, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) faces big budget cuts and a dramatic restructuring under President Donald Trump. The agency has had a hand in many of the ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget for 2026 slashes funds for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $17.97 billion. The 2026 blueprint was shared Friday (PDF) and allows the NIH to ...

More than half of the NIH's institutes and centers don’t have permanent directors, giving the Trump administration an unusual opportunity to reshape the agency. The latest departure came Friday. The ...