Trump Slashing NIH Grants Awarded to Brown, URI, and RI Hospital - Millions Cut
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Trump Slashing NIH Grants Awarded to Brown, URI, and RI Hospital - Millions Cut
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Beyond the adverse effect on research and science, the millions of dollars in loss revenue will soon have an impact on the Rhode Island job market.
GoLocal spoke to three scientists who do research, who said they are deeply worried about the impact of the cuts but refused to comment on the record for fear that federal grants that they are working on could be impacted.
Previous to the Trump cuts now hitting Rhode Island, the state was already seeing increases in the unemployment rate.
As GoLocal reported, Governor Dan McKee's administration announced last Thursday that the February unemployment rate in Rhode Island was 4.7%.
That number was up one-tenth of a percentage point from the January rate. Last year, the rate was 4.0% in February.
Rhode Island's unemployment rate is higher than the national average and increasing faster.
The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.1% in February, up one-tenth of a percentage point from January. The U.S. rate was 3.9% in February 2024.
In addition, GoLocal was first to report that separate and apart from these NIH grant cuts, Rhode Island has been slashed for $31 million in grants from the CDC. The number of layoffs from the CDC cuts is unknown at this time.
In addition, on Tuesday, Rhode Island and 20 other states sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over $12 billion in cuts.
And the biggest cuts may be coming.
If the budget resolution passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is adopted, the Commonwealth Fund estimates the impact on Rhode Island will be about 4,000 layoffs and the loss of approximately $380 million in federal Medicaid and SNAP funds.
NIH GRANTS IMPACTED BELOW
NIH GRANT CUTS - Rhode Island
NIH Grant
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Amount Awarded
$1,537,394.00
Amount Spent
$693,220.80
Amount Terminated
$ 844,173.20
Purpose of Grant:
Intervention to Enhance Prep Persistence Among African American Men Who Have Sex With Men
NIH Grant
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Amount Awarded
$1,583,325.00
Amount Spent
$1,270,603.95
Amount Terminated
$ 312,721.05
Purpose of the Grant: Examining Health Comorbidities and Healthcare Utilization Disparities among Older Transgender and Cisgender Adults in the U.S.
NIH Grant
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Amount Awarded
$2,368,492.00
Amount Spent
$1,388,545.25
Amount Terminated
$ 979,946.75
Purpose of the Grant: Improving mental health among the LGBTQ+ community impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
NIH Grant
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Amount Awarded
$631,656.00
Amount Spent
$351,306.30
Amount Terminated
$280,349.70
Purpose of the Grant: Making universal, free-of-charge antiretroviral therapy work for sexual and gender minority youth in Brazil
NIH Grant
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
Amount Awarded
$719,424.00
Amount Spent
$407,710.34
Amount Terminated
$ 311,713.66
Purpose of the Grant: Integrated Alcohol and Sexual Assault Prevention for Bisexual Women
NIH Grant
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Amount Awarded
$549,364.00
Amount Spent
$396,428.47
Amount Terminated
$152,935.53
Purpose of the Grant: ESTEEMED Scholars Program at the University of Rhode Island
NIH Grant
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL
Amount Awarded
$348,977.66
Amount Spent
$70,965.72
Amount Terminated
$ 278,011.94
Purpose of the Grant: Event-level Antecedents of Heavy Drinking Among Bisexual and Heterosexual Women with and without Histories of Sexual Assault
NIH Grant
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Amount Awarded
$771,618.00
Amount Spent
$30,454.67
Amount Terminated
$741,163.33
Purpose of the Grant: Network-based study design statistical and modeling solutions for HIV among populations that use illicit substances: Informing interventions and policy in real-world settings using existing data
