California Effort to Create a State Version of the NIH Stalls; Was Response to Trump Research Turmoil

State budget woes suspend the legislation, approval unlikely this year

May 15, 2025

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State Senators Scott Wiener and Akilah Weber Pierson, authors of the California legislation to create a state research funding organization, at a hearing on the proposal in April. Photo from Digital Democracy

Legislation to create a California equivalent of the National Institutes of Health is on hold as lawmakers and the governor wrestle with a multibil…

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