President’s call to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ has led to slashes in NIH funding – endangering jobs and vital research

The Trump administration’s planned cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) not only threaten essential biomedical research in the US, but the livelihoods of researchers – and some are seriously considering leaving the country.

A 27 January memo from the Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause funding allocations to ensure they serve Donald Trump’s goals, including “ending ‘wokeness’ and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again”.

On 7 February, the administration implemented a policy that would cut NIH funding to research institutions by over two-thirds. A federal judge has since blocked the cuts – for now.

  • BillWigly
    20•2 days ago

    I’m a physicist in 5th year of phd program & my partner is mathematician in her masters, we’re both considering moving away cause fuck this country lmao should be communist but instead fascist? cringe

    • @brendansimms
      3•2 days ago

      I’m in 5th year of phd in semiconductor design and fabrication - I too am weighing my international options!