Rathmell: A tough budget is an opportunity to make sure NCI is “doing what is best for the American public”

OMB’s plan to increase political control of science faces stiff opposition on Capitol Hill

The Trump administration has a fight on its hands as it pushes forward with a plan to exert greater political control over government funding of science.

Ned Sharpless’s portrait unveiled at FNIH ceremony

Former NCI director Norman “Ned” Sharpless had his portrait unveiled at a ceremony hosted by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health on the main NIH campus in Bethesda.

July 10, 2026

Vol.52 No.27

In Brief

ARPA-H awards up to $160M to advance personalized curative medicines for rare genetic diseases

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced the teams for the Treating Hereditary Rare Diseases with In Vivo Precision Genetic Medicines (THRIVE) program—a critical investment toward bringing new treatments to patients faster and curing rare genetic pediatric diseases.

July 10, 2026

Vol.52 No.27

In Brief

Cancer Research Institute issues 93 awards totaling $37 million

The Cancer Research Institute announced its largest-ever annual grantmaking—93 awards totaling $37 million—as federal funding for cancer research remains uncertain.

July 10, 2026

Vol.52 No.27

Podcast The Directors

The Directors: Directors of two Midwestern cancer centers tell us about the challenging healthcare economics in rural areas
“Institutions are feeling crunched in so many different directions”

How’s this for a paradox: The better cancer centers become at keeping patients alive, the more expensive cancer care becomes. This brutal tradeoff hits harder in rural areas, where the cancer burden is higher and the investigator and clinical trial representation is lower.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

By Paul Goldberg and Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

OMB draft rule politicizing research should be rescinded, House Dems urge in a letter to Bhattacharya

Democratic leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are urging NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya to voice objections to a proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget that would give the administration unprecedented political control over government-funded science.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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OMB’s plan to increase political control of science faces stiff opposition on Capitol Hill

Ned Sharpless’s portrait unveiled at FNIH ceremony

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Cancer Research Institute issues 93 awards totaling $37 million

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OMB draft rule politicizing research should be rescinded, House Dems urge in a letter to Bhattacharya

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The Directors: Directors of two Midwestern cancer centers tell us about the challenging healthcare economics in rural areas
“Institutions are feeling crunched in so many different directions”