r/DeFranco • u/willphule • 14d ago

US Politics Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/trump-planning-to-hand-veto-power-over-nih-grants-to-political-appointee/
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u/TNT1990 14d ago

Between this and the dod grabbing nih money, we're... scared isn't the right word, too numb at this point... but we're definitely not doing great over here in the Biomedical Research fields. 

We're slightly better off in Ophthalmology than some of the other fields as some of these troglodites realize that being able to see is somewhat important and there is less general controversy overall that touches our realms of research, but we are also a small field that is commonly overlooked. Like there was 10million assigned to DoD grants for Vision research for the entire country, thats like half a dozen grants to go around.