Recent reports, including a detailed analysis by JohnDSailer in the WSJ, highlight a growing concern over the National Institutes of Health (NIH) incorporating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) criteria into its grant application process through multi-million dollar grants. Critics argue that this shift, emphasizing 'inclusive excellence,' prioritizes ideological adherence over scientific merit, potentially compromising the quality of medical research. The NIH's focus on DEI has led to the implementation of policies where grant applicants are evaluated based on their commitment to diversity, with claims that up to a third of an applicant's evaluation for an academic position will be based on their diversity statement. Some commentators suggest that applicants promising to treat everyone equally are less likely to receive funding, sparking a debate on the impact of such policies on the integrity of scientific research and encouraging dishonesty among applicants.
Not a good trend. American universities are more worried about DEI than merit, and it doesn't help. #DEI https://t.co/wfkHQ60Kma
Who Needs DEI? https://t.co/0rWgFPKa9P via @powerlineUS
The NIH Sacrifices Scientific Rigor for DEI https://t.co/9xBype0B70 Diversity of beliefs and abilities has some merit. Not diversity of personal physical attributes. Excellence is what is needed.
Academia and the expert class already have a serious credibility problem. The NIH is making it worse: First, these kinds of DEI requirements undermine excellence. Second, they encourage lying. As a scientist in Canada recently said, “I have made my peace with EDI. I will lie… https://t.co/XTUmWQjeiX
The NIH's insistence on "inclusive excellence" means that up to a third of a scientist's evaluation for an academic position will be based on his or her diversity statement. https://t.co/AZkJ7a5Lbd
A US government agency funds DIE hiring schemes at universities which require job applicants for research-related positions to submit DIE loyalty statements, penalizing applicants who promise to "treat everyone the same," while rewarding those who blame "White, Eurocentric males"… https://t.co/65JMjZ5gCk
The NIH funds DEI-related hiring in the biomedical sciences through multi-million dollar grants to universities around the county. I've acquired hundreds of records related to this program—which I discuss in-depth in today's WSJ. A thread to highlight a few of those records. /1 https://t.co/8vXvQtQFne
Very timely conversation to be had given the current climate and the trend we have seen across tech to let go their DEI teams #SXSW2024 https://t.co/GpeUSEIHYS
“DEI has a real world impact on how people receive justice in courts around the country..” @SarahPPerry It’s time for states to divest from organizations like the ABA whose sole accrediting authority has been weaponized to poison American law schools with DEI. https://t.co/RX9fPJG5jI
“We have racially segregated affinity groups. We have racially segregated graduation ceremonies, segregated dorms on the basis of gender identity. What are you doing right now?” @nickineily DEI is not a redeemable endeavor. https://t.co/v5Ea6zotg3
DEI is poisonous everywhere, but especially in the hard sciences. It shouldn’t matter what color your doctor is, it should matter how well they can actually do their job. Kristina Rasmussen of @donoharm explains👇 https://t.co/vbUSYWExLR
LIVE NOW: Seizing the Moment to Defeat DEI https://t.co/1ywl8Zk9lf
The NIH Sacrifices Scientific Rigor for DEI | John Sailer Its First program pushes institutions to hire medical researchers based on their ideological commitment. Thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Cornell University is able to support several professors… https://t.co/BOZ3rCBcq9
Important article by @JohnDSailer: "In medical research, lives depend on putting excellence first. The NIH distorts that value, subordinating it to political ideology and endangering those it’s supposed to serve." https://t.co/Dw3DtdqjWF via @WSJopinion
“The FOIA information reveals how the NIH enforces an ideological agenda, prompting universities and medical schools to vet potential biomedical scientists for wrongthink regarding diversity.” https://t.co/580PZ21nxO
“It might seem counterintuitive to prioritize ‘diversity statements’ while hiring neurobiologists—but not at the NIH.” @JohnDSailer on how the NIH is corrupting medical research and endangering lives by compelling grant recipients to bend the knee to DEI ideology. https://t.co/ff7Sy6uxok
NIH is now using DEI statements to screen applicants for grants. Scientists are less likely to get funding if they say that they intend to "treat everyone the same." Jaw-dropping report from @JohnDSailer on the politicization of medical research. https://t.co/vCRfv9b9jY
Great. DEI is a Marxist scam that has no place in America. https://t.co/6nr3thJoDS