{"id":755,"date":"2025-06-18T12:46:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T12:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitefansalaran.ir\/En\/?p=755"},"modified":"2025-07-06T17:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T17:16:37","slug":"scientists-protest-trumps-12-billion-budget-cuts-to-nih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitefansalaran.ir\/En\/2025\/06\/18\/scientists-protest-trumps-12-billion-budget-cuts-to-nih\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Protest Trump\u2019s $12 Billion Budget Cuts to NIH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"480\">More than <strong data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"238\">60 scientists and staff members at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)<\/strong> have issued a rare open letter, strongly criticizing the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping budget cuts. According to the letter, these reductions <strong data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"411\">jeopardize public health<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"447\">politicize scientific research<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"479\">waste public resources<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"682\">The letter, addressed to the <strong data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"527\">NIH Director<\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"561\">U.S. Secretary of Health<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"590\">members of Congress<\/strong>, was released ahead of a key <strong data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"663\">Senate Appropriations Committee hearing<\/strong> on the NIH budget.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"808\">In total, <strong data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"739\">over 340 current and former NIH employees<\/strong> signed the letter \u2014 with <strong data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"807\">approximately 250 requesting anonymity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1141\">The letter outlines that since <strong data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"862\">Trump took office<\/strong>, more than <strong data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"920\">2,100 research projects worth $9.5 billion<\/strong> have been canceled, along with <strong data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"987\">contracts totaling $2.6 billion<\/strong>. These canceled initiatives were said to be critical for supporting scientific progress \u2014 from <strong data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1108\">funding lab equipment<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1140\">staffing clinical trials<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 60 scientists and staff members at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued a rare open letter, strongly criticizing the Trump administration\u2019s sweeping budget cuts. According to the letter, these reductions jeopardize public health, politicize scientific research, and waste public resources. 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