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NIH is just deleting grant applications from minorities. A blatant violation of equal protection [1]

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Date: 2025-02-07

Not only has NIH canceled its diversity supplements, NIH has unfairly deleted grant applications submitted by minority applicants, if the applicant selected they would also like to be considered for an award as a minority. These applications should be considered for normal funding as part of the study section they applied to. The peer review process to which they already submitted their applications is the exact same. These young scientists were told that they can just resubmit the same damn application without the minority checkbox in months from now when the grants and level of funding might be very different. This is racism plain and simple. It’s un-American. It’s unconstitutional.

Maybe it’s being done by brand new Musk acolytes within NIH:

x This is #BlackHistory now in America: the hallway of NIH with empty hangers, where once hung the portraits of accomplished minority scientists. — Rosie Gamgee (@mamahobbit1.bsky.social) 2025-02-06T22:35:34.084Z

Maybe it’s the DOGE bros just deleting things at random.

x NEW from inside NIH: I am hearing that a “young” DOGE staffer now has access to eRA, the software system used to track/administer all NIH grants. — Dave Levitan (@davelevitan.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T17:17:09.761Z

Here’s a collection of posts about this:

x Just in case you thought that removing DEI criteria would mean that everyone is competing equally: NIH is removing grad students from underrepresented backgrounds from the applicant pool altogether. Their applications will not be considered. Other students, not from these backgrounds, will be. — Miriam Goldstein (@miriamgoldstein.bsky.social) 2025-02-06T19:59:55.286Z

x I got the screenshot from a reliable source, but you don't have to take my word for it. bsky.app/profile/jlwe... — Miriam Goldstein (@miriamgoldstein.bsky.social) 2025-02-06T19:59:55.287Z

Heart breaking. Everyone in this country needs to realize that the equal protection clause of the 14 amendment to the Constitution is being openly violated by Trump and Musk’s minions. (That’s in addition to repeatedly and continuing to violate the Constitution’s fundamental separation of powers that gives Congress the power of the purse). It’s happening across the government and impacting people that are not government employees.

x URM trainees applied for the f31-D b/c it was a better fit for us. our apps are now being trashed instead of being diverted to the standard f31 pool. we could withdraw & resubmit to the standard f31 in april, but nih has scheduled *dramatic* changes to the app format & criteria for next cycle — (@sweeneytoddsgf.bsky.social) 2025-02-06T22:11:59.987Z

x I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological. 1/n — Jeremy Berg (@jeremymberg.bsky.social) 2025-02-07T16:01:14.406Z

You can place your bets on this being ideological.

People need to keep on suing the shit out of DOGE and president Musk:

x You must know how ridiculous this sounds from the perspective of someone who has reviewed them. They are scored the same by the same people in the same room. After scoring, you have MONTHS to figure out the rest. Not scoring them is a blatant Civil Rights Act/14th Amendment open and shut case. — Dave Blake (@blakestah.bsky.social) 2025-02-07T16:35:55.198Z

100%. There are plenty of potential plaintiffs that seem ready to go.

Things will get worse but we shall overcome.

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