Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants

Veto power Russel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grants Pending move comes over the objections of the NIH director.

28 Credit: Bill Clark Credit: Bill Clark Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav On Friday, The Washington Post reported on a contentious White House meeting in which the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, tried to fend off yet another effort to place funding decisions under political control. The move came from Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which has sought to limit and control research funds. The Post suggested that Bhattacharya ended up on the losing side of the fight.