Study: NIH funding for Black and Hispanic researchers dropped sharply in 2025 amid diversity initiative rollbacks
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Mona Patterson
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A study published in JAMA reveals that in 2025, the number of Black and Hispanic researchers receiving NIH grants and fellowships dropped sharply compared to previous years. Black and Hispanic principal investigators declined by 9.8% and 7.3% respectively from 2024 to 2025, while fellowship recipients saw even steeper declines — Black fellows dropped 40.5% from 205 to just 122. The findings highlight the impact of Trump administration rollbacks to diversity initiatives on research funding equity.
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bskyStudy: NIH funding for Black and Hispanic researchers dropped sharply in 2025 amid diversity initiative rollbacksscience.orgKey quotes
· 3 pulledFrom 2024 to '25, Black and Hispanic principal investigators (PIs) declined by 9.8% and 7.3%, respectively.
The number of Black fellows fell by 40.5%, for example, from 205 to just 122.
The findings, published in JAMA on Monday, put numbers on the Trump administration's
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