OMB rules, architected by Vought under Project 2025, are politicizing federal grant funding and threatening scientific research.
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Updated Jul 14
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What happened
OMB rules, architected by Vought under Project 2025, are politicizing federal grant funding and threatening scientific research.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- The author of Project 2025 has been appointed to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).Sub-event
OMB rules politicize federal grant funding, threatening scientific research and linked to Project 2025.1 source
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Ideological vision gaining traction within the administration, including proposals from the OMB head regarding new regulations and science funding control.Also in this story
- Vought enforced new OMB rules regarding research funding on July 5, 2026.
- Russell Vought directs the operations of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
- The Office of Management and Budget proposed rule changes regarding research grants, citing a shared history of scientific failures.
The entities involved
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Project 2025
Heritage Foundation policy plans for 2025 presidential administration
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Russell Vought
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
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Office of Management and Budget
agency that prepares and evaluates the President of the United States' annual budget to Congress