Proposed rule could gut American science, Penn researcher warns

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/neuroscience-research-funding-dementia-genetics--20260709.html


The Trump administration is seeking not only to cut research funding, but to give political appointees veto power over how and what kinds of scientific study are permissible.

On May 29, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB)published a 100-page proposed rule that would fundamentally restructure how the federal government administers research grants. The comment period closes July 13.

Most Americans have never heard of it. That needs to change.

The rule has several alarming impacts. For instance, it would allow political appointees to override scientific peer review in grant decisions, upending the meritocratic, rigorous system that has pushed American science forward since World War II.
Perhaps most critically, it would permit the government to terminate any active federal grant at any time, for any reason — including the vague, undefined justification that a study is no longer in the “national interest.”

Furthermore, it would effectively ban federal funding for research into health disparities across racial populations, with a stated exception so narrow it is meaningless in practice.

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The ban on research into racial disparities will compound this harm. Black Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at roughly twice the rate of white Americans
. Population differences in disease risk, progression, and biomarkers are not ideological claims, but instead are observed, replicated findings in the scientific literature.

[lostnfound]

1. These dumbos don't realize that disparities can be windows into processes

Research the reason WHY Alzheimer’s diagnosis are more common among blacks, and you may stumble on a research path that takes you to entirely new ways of understanding the disease; and entirely new avenues for possible cures or prevention — for EVERYONE.

So sad to be run by idiots.

[oberle]

2. The article this is taken from

has a link to the Federal Register. There is a form there where you can leave comments on this proposal. Please do. The cutoff date is July 13. It is important to leave your comments.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. Yes!!!