A new NIH announcement includes updated Terms and Conditions to grant awards that can make it even easier to terminate such grants. (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

So, you’ve put your blood, sweat and tears into a proposal to do some kind of prevent-or-treat-disease and find-ways-to-help-humans project. And somehow against worsening now well-below-10% odds you’ve managed to get your project funded by the National Institutes of Health. What would you most like to hear? How about news that the NIH under the Trump administration has just made it even easier to terminate your research grant at any time?

NIH Issued Updated Terms And Conditions Of Awards

Yep, on November 18, 2025, the NIH issued an “Updated Terms an

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