White House drafting executive order to take over NIH grant approvals: Reports

The Trump administration is reportedly drafting an executive order to shift the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) grant approval process away from the agency. Under the proposed measure, political appointees would be granted increased control over which grants are approved.

Reports regarding the potential executive order surfaced over the weekend. The initiative would move decision-making authority out of the hands of traditional agency mechanisms and place it under closer oversight by the Oval Office.