研究人员周三在旧金山对美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)提起集团诉讼，指控特朗普政府通过235个关键词列表的方式阻止和取消科研经费，涉嫌违反宪法第一修正案进行审查1。被列入限制范围的词汇包括"性别"和"种族歧视"等，政府以此名义阻止从健康公平性到气候变化等主题获得资金1。美国民权联盟律师奥尔加·阿克塞尔罗德表示："特朗普政府正在将联邦研究经费武器化，压制不同意的观点"1。
2025年特朗普政府已取消5700多项NIH经费，其中超过4500项已被恢复1。斯坦福大学医学系临床副教授阿尔加万·萨勒斯指出："我无法再准确描述我的研究，因为使用'性别'、'公平性'或'性骚扰'这样的词汇会被标记为与NIH优先事项不符"1。本次集团诉讼寻求涵盖所有未被其他法庭命令恢复的研究人员，以及那些被迫重新谈判、延迟或遭拒经费的申请者1。
Researchers filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the National Institutes of Health, alleging that the Trump administration has used a list of 235 keywords to block and cancel grants on topics the government opposes 1. The lawsuit, supported by organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, contends that the administration's actions violate the First Amendment 1.
The restricted keywords include terms such as "gender" and "racism," preventing funding for research spanning health equity to climate change 1. According to the complaint filed in San Francisco, the administration cancelled over 5,700 NIH grants in 2025, though more than 4,500 have since been restored 1. The lawsuit seeks to cover all researchers whose grants were not restored by other court orders and those forced to renegotiate, delay, or faced rejection of funding 1.
ACLU attorney Olga Akselrod stated that "the Trump administration is weaponizing federal research funding to suppress dissenting viewpoints" 1. Stanford University clinical associate professor Arjun Saldass described the impact on researchers, saying "I can no longer accurately describe my research because using words like 'gender,' 'equity,' or 'sexual harassment' gets flagged as misaligned with NIH priorities" 1.
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