Earlier this year, the National Institutes of Health terminated hundreds of grants found to be “not aligned with agency priorities.” A new study from scholars at Harvard and Yale has examined the characteristics of these terminated grants, finding many are associated with the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities.
According to the report, NIH terminated 694 grants across 24 of its 26 institutes and centers between February 28 and April 8, resulting in a cumulative $1.8 billion in terminated funding. Across 201 recipient institutions, Columbia University had the largest number of terminated grant projects at 157. The second most affected institution was Johns Hopkins with 19 terminated grants. Yale University, Emory University, and the University of Michigan were the next most affected, each with 14 terminated grants.
The largest number of terminated grants were administered by the National Institute of Mental Health (128 grants) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (77 projects). The NIMHD had the second highest dollar amount of terminated grant funding ($224 million), with the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases experiencing the largest dollar amount in terminated grants ($506 million).
Notably, the NIMHD had the greatest proportion of terminated grants relative to previously active grants (8.9 percent). The NIMHD also had the highest proportion of terminated funding relative to previously active funding (29.6 percent).
