17 researchers sue NIH over word-screening of grants

Backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, 17 researchers filed a complaint Sept. 16 against NIH, accusing the agency of infringing their First Amendment rights by allegedly rejecting funding to grants with certain words or phrases.  The proposed class-action lawsuit includes 13 named and four unnamed researchers who allege abrupt terminations of their grant funding […] The post 17 researchers sue NIH over word-screening of grants appeared first on Becker's Hospital Review | H...