At NIH, a power struggle over institute directorships deepens
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美国新一届政府上任时需填补约4000个联邦政府职位，其中部分高级科学职位传统上较少受政治任命影响。以美国国立卫生研究院为例，一些掌握数十亿美元预算、能影响整个研究领域的重要职位，其任命过程往往无需白宫或国会直接干预。这体现了长期以来科学界主张的学术自主理念，即科学家应在最小政治干预下主导科研资助与研究工作。
When a new presidential administration comes in, it is responsible for filling around 4,000 jobs sprinkled across the federal government’s vast bureaucracy. These political appointees help carry out the president’s agenda, and, at least in theory, make government agencies responsive to elected officials.
Some of these roles—the secretary of state, for example—are well-known. Others, such as the deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods, materials, critical minerals & metals industry & analysis, are more obscure.
Historically, science agencies like NASA or the National Institutes of Health tend to have fewer political appointees than many other parts of the federal government. Sometimes, very senior roles—with authority over billions of dollars of spending, and the power to shape entire fields of research—are filled without any direct input from the White House or Congress. The arrangement reflects a long-running argument that scientists should oversee the work of funding and conducting research with very little interference from political leaders.
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