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DOGE has been at NIH;

Amazing job by @NIH team.

Saved > $4B annually in excessive grant administrative costs. https://t.co/ICLlcJxp8V— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 7, 2025

Today, @NIH cancelled the following grants:

- $620K for “an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys”
- $699K for studying “cannabis use” among “sexual minority gender diverse individuals”
- $740K for examining “social networks” among “black and…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 12, 2025

Other grant examples from @NIH:
- $100K for Vanderbilt University to study “social networks” among “sexual and gender minorities”
- $37K for the University of Houston to study “fear of deportation” in “Latinx young adults”
- $681K for the University of Pennsylvania to study… https://t.co/TXLRjtIRwf— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 13, 2025

Yesterday, @NIH cancelled seven grants for transgender experiments on animals including:
- $532K to “use a mouse model to investigate the effects of cross-sex testosterone treatment”
- $33K to test “feminizing hormone therapy in the male rat”— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 5, 2025

Today NIH canceled grants for ~$10.9 million including:
-$1.7M for the “China Health and Retirement Longitudinal study” at Peking University in Beijing, China
-$135K for a research grant to China Medical University in Shenyang, China
-$142K for “using telehealth to improve access…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 1, 2025

In the past 48 hours, HHS canceled 62 contract worth $182 million. These contracts were entirely for administrative expenses – none touched any healthcare programs. This included terminating a $168,000 contract for an Anthony Fauci exhibit at the NIH Museum. pic.twitter.com/EsZxflPS6w— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) February 7, 2025