Trump Team Threatens to Defund ‘Woke’ Universities
President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, plans to link billions in federal research grants to universities’ adherence to his definition of “academic freedom,” potentially punishing institutions deemed insufficiently conservative. This initiative, reportedly inspired by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s rankings, aims to combat what Bhattacharya sees as academic conformity. He also proposes funding replication studies to address scientific fraud, creating a new journal with open peer review, and potentially limiting grant funding for specific journals and pausing certain virus research. Critics express concern that this approach could jeopardize crucial medical research funding.
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