NIH
11 statements across 8 episodes · 3 bullish · 4 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2022 by David Friedberg · across every show →
Everything said about NIH, oldest first
Jul 29, 2022 neutral
Jul 29, 2022 neutral
May 5, 2023 negative
May 5, 2023 positive
May 31, 2024
Feb 22, 2025 negative
Patrick Collison: 79% of surveyed top scientists would alter research without NIH grants
“We ran a survey of scientists back a couple of years ago of top scientists, and four out of five, like, 79% of them told us That if they could just spend money however they wanted, if they weren't kind of limited by, you know, what they're prescribed by these …”
Apr 19, 2025 negative
Sep 5, 2025
Paul: We need an independent presidential commission to evaluate gain-of-function research
“I don't want to ban it. I want to set up a presidential commission of scientists who are not currently employed by NIH, don't have grants that I can give them bigger grants if they agree with me, and I want them to evaluate this.”
Jan 15, 2026 positive
Jan 15, 2026 negative
Aug 24, 2026 positive
Kratsios: US is setting up meta-science units at NSF and NIH
“We're setting up meta science units both at NSF and at NIH where we're actually going to start running experiments. Maybe there are different ways that we should be doing funding, and then we can analyze those and then course correct and direct money towards p…”