NIH Opening Minority Programs to Other Groups

Some scientists fear agency is compromising need to promote diversity in health professions and research

By PETER SCHMIDT

The National Institutes of Health has been quietly overhauling several of its diversity-oriented grant programs, largely to avoid lawsuits accusing it or its grantees of discriminating against white or Asian-American researchers.

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