A federal judge has ruled that the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) decision to cancel funding for many grants was illegal and arbitrary. The court found that officials at the NIH simply canceled lists of grants without examining their scientific merit, and then struggled to retroactively describe a policy that justified the actions. This lack of definition led to the cancellation of approximately 1 in 5 grants, with over 300 grants affected.
The judge’s written ruling states that the government’s actions were “arbitrary and capricious” because they failed to define the problems that would get a grant canceled. The court also found that officials within the NIH struggled to retroactively describe a policy that justified the cancellations, leading several of them to resign.
In total, over $100 million in funding was affected by the NIH’s decision. The judge’s ruling is a significant blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to cancel these grants, and highlights the importance of clear definitions and transparent decision-making processes in government agencies.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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Jul 3 A federal judge on Trump’s NIH: “The Public Officials in their haste to appease the Executive, simply moved too fast and broke things, including the law.”
ICYMI https://allrisenews.com/p/trump-invasion-asylum-blocked…
Amee Vanderpool
@girlsreallyrule
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Jun 16 A Reagan appointed federal judge has found Trump’s NIH cuts on gender ideology and DEI are “illegal” and “void” and has ordered many grants restored.
“I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.” https://axios.com/local/boston/2025/06/16/nih-grants-ordered-restored…
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
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Jul 2 When canceling hundreds of grants in an anti-“DEI” crusade, NIH officials couldn’t even define the acronym, a federal judge found.
It was just a “boogeyman.”
That and more in my legal roundup
@AllRiseNews
https://allrisenews.com/p/trump-invasion-asylum-blocked…
George
@BehizyTweets
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Jun 16 BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts just declared that the Trump administration’s NIH gender ideology and DEI cuts are illegal and void and has ordered them to be restored.
Judge William Young is a traitor to America.
Anna Matson
@AnnaRMatson
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Apr 24 This week, NIH released new terms for research grants.
If you accept a grant, you cannot have any DEI program and…
You cannot discriminate against Israel or Israeli companies.
That’s oddly specific.
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