FASEB Applauds Legal Ruling Concerning Illegal Termination of NIH Grants

Monday, June 30, 2025
FASEB is pleased with the June 16 ruling from the U.S. District Court indicating directives that led to the recent termination of specific grants issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were illegal. Although the judge’s ruling will not immediately reinstate the terminated grants, it is an important first step in ensuring that scientists underrepresented in biomedical research have access to funding to pursue research-intensive careers. In May, FASEB joined the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), and seven other leading life science organizations on an amicus brief asking the court to hold recent executive orders resulting in termination of grants supporting young scientists as unlawful and to order NIH to restore funding speedily as requested in American Public Health Association v. NIH.