Marco Rubio

“ All time and effort put towards these efforts distracts NIH from its mission of pursuing research to solve some of today’s most pressing medical challenges.
Not only is the agency spending millions of dollars to support wokeness, NIH grantees are encouraged to reject candidates that do not fall in step with this liberal ideology. ”

“ If a grantee does not express support for DEI as a “core value” of their research, will this applicant be denied from consideration? How does the agency prioritize ideological diversity when selecting grantees? How much of the NIH’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget does the agency intend to use to promote DEI within the agency’s workforce and its grantees? What role do liberal activist groups play in crafting your department’s guidance on awarding funding to grantees? ”

“ The agency has released guidance, on many occasions, encouraging its workforce to prioritize DEI in its hiring processes. [4] It is critical for the NIH to be evaluating grantees based on the competence of the researchers and how impactful their work will be to the field of biomedical research, not how important they prioritize woke values. ”