# NIH Restructuring Plan Contradicts Its Own Founding Document

- slug: nih-restructuring-plan-contradicts-its-own-founding-document
- date: 2026-04-01
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya cited Vannevar Bush at CPAC to argue for restructuring the agency. The man who designed NIH autonomy also wrote the document Bhattacharya is using to dismantle it.

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