NIH agrees to review hundreds of grants halted by Trump administration

Hundreds of grant applications that were delayed or withdrawn by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year will now be reevaluated under an agreement reached between the federal government and affected scientists. The settlement, announced on 29 December to resolve ongoing legal action, was met with relief from the US research community but also some scepticism.

More than 5000 grants across the country fall within the scope of the new settlement, and rolling decisions on those research proposals are expected according to the schedule laid out. For example, decisions on non-competing renewal or continuation grants were due by 29 December 2025, and on that date the NIH issued 528 grant decisions of which 499 were approvals. That is according to the Massachusetts attorney general’s office, which is leading one of the cases.