This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae.
DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under.
All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.
NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime.
“I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
www.nature.com
Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.
