Federal grant pause puts NC research in limbo

North Carolina receives nearly $2 billion annually from National Institutes for Health grants, which support a multitude of research programs across the state.
Posted 1/29/2025, 10:45:33 PM Updated 1/30/2025, 1:58:05 PM

NOMINEES. NO SENATE REPUBLICANS

HAVE SAID PUBLICLY THAT THEY

PLAN TO VOTE AGAINST HIM.

>> THE CHANGE OF

ADMINISTRATIONS IN WASHINGTON,

D.C., IS CHANGING HOW FEDERAL

MONEY FLOWS THROUGH THE

TRIANGLE. THE NATIONAL

INSTITUTES OF HEALTH IS AMONG

THE AGENCIES NOW PAUSE IN

GRANTS. THE ACTING NIH DIRECTOR

NOW TELLS NBC NEWS CLINICAL

TRIALS AT NIH OR NIH FUNDED

INSTITUTIONS ARE WRAL. DATA

TRACKERS WANTED TO FIND OUT

HOW MUCH FUNDING NORTH CAROLINA

GETS FROM NIH GRANTS. WHAT

UNIVERSITIES AND COMPANIES

COULD BE IMPACTED AND WHICH

RESEARCH PROJECTS THE FUNDING

CHANGES COULD AFFECT. SO WRAL'S

ACTUALLY ROSE HERE WITH WHAT WE

FOUND ALL DEAD. NEARLY

2 BILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S HOW

MUCH GRANT FUNDING COMPANIES

AND SCHOOLS IN NORTH CAROLINA

GET FROM THE NATIONAL

INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. AND THAT

GOES TO THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMS

FROM A DUKE UNIVERSITY STUDY

ON HOW CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

AFFECTS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

2, A CLINICAL TRIAL ON

MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS FOR

PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

TO A HUGE COLLABORATIVE

RESEARCH NETWORK TO HELP

PREVENT FUTURE PANDEMICS RUN

BY RTI RESEARCH TRIANGLE

INSTITUTE. IN FACT, DUKE

UNIVERSITY RECEIVES THE MOST

FUNDING FROM NIH GRANTS IN THIS

STATE AT 580 MILLION DOLLARS

IN 2024. UNC, CHAPEL HILL

PROJECTS AWARDED NEARLY AS MUCH

LAST YEAR. 531 MILLION WAKE

FOREST MEDICAL SCHOOL NC STATE,

UNC, CHARLOTTE AND ECU ROUND

OUT THE TOP 6 UNIVERSITIES

RECEIVING FUNDING FROM HEALTH

AND MEDICAL RESEARCH FROM NIH.

THE LATEST GUIDANCE FROM NIH

SEEMS TO INDICATE GRANTS THAT

HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED WILL

MOVE FORWARD, THOUGH, RENEWING

CURRENT PROJECTS AND AWARDING

NEW FUNDING COULD BE DELAYED OR

IN JEOPARDY OF HAPPENING AT

ALL. THE DEAN OF DUKE'S MEDICAL

SCHOOL SPOKE AT THE

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A NEW

PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL ABOUT THE

IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH TO THE

UNIVERSITY'S MISSION, BUT ALSO

TO THE HEALTH OF THE STATE AND

THE WORLD.

>> AS YOU KNOW, RESEARCH IS

FUNDAMENTAL TO YOU ARE

INSTITUTIONS, BUT MORE

IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE DO FOR

SHOW AND THAT THE CURRENT

STATUS RATE THERE ALSO TRYING

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONGER

TERM AND THE PATIENTS ARE.

>> SO WRAL WILL CONTINUE TO

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