#shorts Kennedy: In 2020, you created a program called The Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation. And basically, under the program, you gave 12 institutions $241 million dollars. A lot of jack in anybody’s book … to demonstrate a strong commitment to promoting diversity and inclusive excellence when you hire people … South Carolina and New Mexico issued rules to administer the money that you gave them, and they both said that we are going to punish candidates who apply for jobs with us with this money that you gave them, who espouse “race neutrality.” In other words, both of those institutions said, “We’re going to give a very low score for anyone who states an intention to ignore the varying backgrounds of their students and treat everyone the same.”

On 5/4/2023, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations questioned NIH Dir. Tabak. The official could not or would not provide clear answers.

Q: you gave 12 institutions $241 million dollars “race neutrality.”