COGR Joins AAMC-Led Amicus Brief Opposing Federal Stay in NIH Grant Restoration Cases

This document is an amicus curiae brief submitted by major academic and research organizations in support of respondents opposing the U.S. government’s blanket termination of NIH grants, arguing that such mass cancellations depart from long-standing, science-based funding principles vital to the nation’s research enterprise. The brief details how the abrupt, non-scientific cancellation of grants has destabilized the scientific landscape, undermined institutional and researcher reliance, disrupted critical and life-saving research projects (including clinical trials), wasted substantial government resources, and caused irreparable harm to researchers, institutions, and public health. The amici urge the Supreme Court to deny the government’s request for a stay—which would reinstate the grant terminations—on the grounds that the agency’s actions are arbitrary, violate legal and procedural norms, and threaten the integrity and progress of U.S. biomedical research.