INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Earlier this year, a biomedical researcher at the University of Michigan received an update from the National Institutes of Health
obtained by Undark, administrators explained the reason for the delays: University officials were concerned about new language in NIH grant
That language said that universities will be subject to liability under a Civil War-era statute called the False Claims Act if they fail to
abide by civil rights laws and a January 20 executive order related to gender.For the most part, public attention to NIH funding has focused
on what the new Trump administration is doing on its end, including freezing and terminating grants at elite institutions for alleged Title
VI and IX violations, and slashing funding for newly disfavored areas of research
The events in Ann Arbor show how universities themselves are struggling to cope with a wave of recent directives from the federal
