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September 05, 2025

40 NIH grants to Ohio universities, hospitals have been cut by Trump Administration

Forty National Institutes of Health grants in Ohio have been impacted by recent cuts at the federal level for an estimated loss of $16.75 million, according to a project that tracks the termination of scientific research grants under the Trump administration (Source: “Trump science and medical grant cuts impact Ohio universities and children’s hospitals,” Ohio Capital Journal, Sept. 3). 
 
The United States Supreme Court recently allowed NIH to terminate $783 million in grants tied to diversity initiatives.
 
NIH ended hundreds of grants linked to DEI studies earlier this year after a series of Trump executive orders.
 
Ohio’s affected grants, according to Grant Witness, include:

  • Nine grants at Case Western Reserve University including one that could be possibly reinstated
  • Two grants at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • One grant at Kent State University
  • Eighteen grants at Ohio State University, including six that could be possibly reinstated and one with frozen funding
  • Three grants at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  • Six grants at University of Cincinnati, including one that could be possibly reinstated
  • One at University of Toledo

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