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 Nature Medicine Correspondence Why banning words in medical research is bad news for everyone Manon van Daal ,  Megan Milota  &  Karin R. Jongsma   On 4 February 2025, a list of words was leaked and circulated on various social media platforms that could cause National Science Foundation (NSF) research grants to be pulled when these words are used in their proposals. The list is alarmingly extensive, targeting terms related to gender, diversity, ethnicity, bias and ‘women/female/females’. A  Nature  news article also reported that the NSF is actively flagging research grants that are in violation of US President Donald Trump’s executive orders 1 . Confirmed internal flags include terms such as ‘broadening participation’, foreign assistance, climate science, domestic energy, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives 1 . Trump’s directives aim to eliminate funding for DEI initiatives and remove all references to these terms from federal ...

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  A  Week ly Update of Policy News and Select Funding Opportunities Compiled by  Van Scoyoc Associates View this email in your browser February 28, 2025 Health NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research  The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed. The hold on renewals could eventually affect the vast majority of the program’s staff scientists, research fellows, and tenure-track investigators, most of whom are hired under a statute known as Title 42. Tenured researchers make up just 20% of NIH’s nearly 4000 senior scientists. Also in limbo are the intramural program’s trainee programs. Read more:   Science   NIH partially lifts freeze on funding process for medical research  The Trump administration has partially lifted a ...