# Proposed NIH grant board would include Bhattacharya and Vought

A Politico report, carried by The Hindu on Sept. 20, says the proposed NIH grant-award board would seat the NIH director and the White House budget director and require unanimous decisions on awards.

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A proposed board overseeing National Institutes of Health grant awards would include NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and would be required to reach unanimous decisions on grant awards, according to a Politico report carried by The Hindu on Sept. 20.[^1]

The proposal would put the White House budget director on the award decision body. Bhattacharya would sit in his NIH role, Vought in his role as head of the Office of Management and Budget. The board's decisions on grant awards would have to be unanimous.

## What this stands on

1. According to the same Politico report, the proposed board overseeing NIH grant awards would include NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya and Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and would be required to reach unanimous decisions on grant awards. ([The Hindu](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/donald-trump-seeks-to-bring-health-research-funding-under-his-control-politico-reports/article71487082.ece), News)

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