The National Institutes of Health (NIH) moved to reinstate about 900 grants that a judge last week ruled had been canceled illegally because their topics, ranging from vaccine hesitancy or promoting diversity in the scientific workforce, had been blacklisted by President Donald Trump’s administration. Since January, 2025, NIH has canceled as many as 2300 grants in response to Trump’s executive orders banning federal funds for topics such as diversity, equity, and inclusion; racial health disparities; and transgender health.

The grant restorations, announced in an internal memo, follow the 16 June, 2025 decision from Judge William Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on two lawsuits filed by 16 state attorneys general and several researchers and scientific groups challenging the terminations.

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