A federal judge ruled the Trump administration's cancellation of NIH grant funding illegal, citing arbitrary actions lacking defined criteria. The ruling, which followed a verbal pronouncement, found motivations rooted in racial and LGBTQ discrimination. The written decision is more limited due to subsequent Supreme Court rulings, meaning fewer grants will be restored. NIH officials canceled grants from DOGE without reviewing their scientific merit, leading to a struggle to retroactively justify the terminations and causing resignations among NIH staff.
The judge found that the government's actions were arbitrary and capricious, citing a lack of defined problems that would justify grant cancellations, leading to resignations.
Judge William Young concluded that the government's termination of grants was not lawful, attributing the actions to racial discrimination and discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
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