Dozens of NIH study sections — meetings in which panels of expert scientists consider which research projects the agency should support — have been canceled in recent weeks, after the Trump ...

These convenings of study sections, as they’re known, are the first step in deciding who gets NIH funding. But they’ve slowed to a standstill since the Trump administration’s announcement in ...

Currently, CSR reviews 78% of grants, while 22% are reviewed in study sections within NIH's Institutes and Centers (ICs), according to the NIH press release. The move would eliminate the center ...

Under the new plan, CSR would conduct all first-level reviews, eliminating institute-based study sections. “Cost savings will result from assigning fewer total staff to oversee peer-review meetings ...