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  • CORRESPONDENCE

Protect the integrity of the US National Institutes of Health

By
  1. Kevin C. Kent Lloyd

    1. University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

  2. Karen C. Johnston

    1. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

  3. Barbara Kelley

    1. Hearing Loss Association of America, Rockville, Maryland, USA.

We are appointed members of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils, an advisory committee authorized by the US Congress to advise the director of the NIH and the director of the NIH’s Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives. As members of this body, we are compelled to voice our serious concerns about NIH grant terminations, planned 40% budget cuts for the NIH in the 2026 financial year and the proposed structural reorganization of the NIH (Nature 640, 863–865; 2025).

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Nature 643, 1191 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02331-1

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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