Yes. On September 23, 2026, Roll Call reported that the White House is scrapping plans for an executive order that would have given the Trump administration greater control over National Institutes of Health grantmaking, including Office of Management and Budget discretion over awards. The proposal had drawn bipartisan pushback from Senate appropriators, including Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine), who urged officials not to politicize biomedical funding and to pursue any reforms through Congress instead.
Senate Appropriations ranking member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) welcomed the decision. Collins had also noted that the continuing resolution funding the government already delays a related Uniform Guidance rule expanding political review of discretionary grants.
Source: Roll Call – White House drops executive order for tighter NIH purview