# Jay Bhattacharya

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-20**: Multiple outlets report proposed grant board details — Reports surface that the proposed board would include OMB Director Russ Vought and NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, require unanimous approval for grant awards, and give White House political appointees more influence over the $48 billion biomedical research budget.
- **2026-09-18**: Trump directs OMB to draft NIH grant board order — Following an Oval Office meeting in which NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya reportedly declined to cut Harvard University's NIH funding, President Trump directs the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an executive order creating a board to approve NIH grants.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Trump's NIH board plan puts $48B grants under White House veto
2026-09-20 21:00:43 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 4

A drafted executive order creating a White House board to approve NIH grants raises separation-of-powers and administrative law questions over $48 billion in federal research funding. Legal observers will watch whether the plan survives statutory peer-review mandates and congressional appropriations limits.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/trump-nih-board-48b-legal-challenge

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