NIH Pushes Replication Funding

The NIH director is publicly urging a shift from deference to authorities toward research practices that prioritize independent replication; that implies reallocating funding and career incentives to support reproduction studies. If implemented, journals, funders, and universities would need to reward replication work and create infrastructure for independent verification. — Shifting funding and incentives toward replication would change which medical claims survive policy debate and could rebuild public trust (or inflame disputes over which studies get replicated).