Becker's Healthcare June 3, 2025
In 2023, the National Institutes of Health failed to track unused funds and delayed reports for nearly 1,000 of the 65,000 research projects it monitors, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report.
NIH had oversight of about $35 billion in external biomedical research in fiscal 2023, $46.4 billion in 2024 and about $46 billion in 2025. In 2026, the organization could undergo an $18 billion funding cut if President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is approved.
The GAO, which was asked to review NIH’s oversight of extramural research funding, spotlighted issues in “delinquent” research reports and unused funds.
As of fall 2024, GAO found 1,283 awards with delinquent final financial reports and 959 awards with delinquent final...
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