This is the slow death of NIH by design.
The architect is Russell Vought.
He is the man who architected the RIFs & probationary terminations. He devised the multiyear funding and censorship schemes.
If you don't like what you see, let's get him impeached: actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government.
Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...
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.”
Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.
