Top US universities and research advocates are urging the Trump administration to withdraw a proposed rule on federal grants that critics say would politicize the process of distributing, administering, and terminating grants.
Proposed Changes
The proposals, made in a May 29 notice of proposed rulemaking, would authorize agencies to unilaterally modify or terminate awards based on shifting policy priorities or national-interest determinations, while eliminating existing appeals processes.
Many of the proposed changes would weaken the merit-based, expert-driven system that has made US research the global standard, according to Johns Hopkins University Interim Provost Lainie Rutkow and its vice provost for research, Denis Wirtz.
The Trump administration says the revisions are aimed at improving transparency, accountability, and oversight for federal grants.
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