FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Without clearly indicated peer review scores, decision-making about who does and doesn’t get NIH grants could become a whole lot more opaque and political,” according to Forbes, which first reported the news. “Instead of scientific merit, a grant could be funded or not funded purely based on, for example, whether the U.S. President or a political appointee has a particular score to settle.” The move is the latest in the Trump administration’s efforts to minimize the role of peer review in scientific grant making and assume more government oversight of the process. Read more here.