Changes in diversity language in National Institutes of Health grant awards: observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess changes in the prevalence of diversity language in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants in 2024-25.

Design

Retrospective longitudinal analysis.

Setting

United States.

Sample

17 701 abstracts of research grants awarded by the NIH between 1 January 2024 and 20 June 2025.

Main outcome measures

Prevalence of diversity language in NIH awarded grants measured by month. A within grant analysis compared 2024 and 2025 versions of the same grants, and the net change in the number of words reflecting diversity language versus all words was calculated, using thousands of randomly sampled lists generated from the abstracts to provide control words.

Results

The rate of words reflecting diversity language decreased sharply between Octob

SUBMITTER: Mehta N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12697301 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature