{"id":27234,"date":"2025-05-06T17:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27234"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:25:23","slug":"n-i-h-bars-new-funding-from-u-s-scientists-to-partners-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27234","title":{"rendered":"N.I.H. Bars New Funding From U.S. Scientists to Partners Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Generally, researchers will no longer be allowed to direct federal funds to international collaborators.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Institutes of Health will no longer allow American scientists to direct its funding to research partners overseas, casting doubt on the future of studies on subjects including malaria and childhood cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the new director of the N.I.H., announced the policy on Thursday, the same day Dr. Matthew J. Memoli, the principal deputy director, blasted these so-called subawards in an email obtained by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf you can\u2019t clearly justify why you are doing something overseas, as in it can\u2019t possibly be done anywhere else and it benefits the American people,\u201d Dr. Memoli wrote, \u201cthen the project should be closed down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new restrictions, which will apply to domestic subawards as well in the future, come amid deep reductions in N.I.H. funding and the freezing of federal grants at many top universities, along with executive orders seeking to reshape the nation\u2019s scientific agenda.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order restricting a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-executive-order-restricts-gain-of-function-research-on-pathogens.html\" title>type of experimentation that can make pathogens more dangerous<\/a> to humans, and ending support for the so-called gain-of-function research in countries like China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Researchers funded by N.I.H. grants have historically used subawards to facilitate international collaborations, which are essential for studying conditions like childhood cancer or illnesses like malaria and tuberculosis that are not prevalent in the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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