"The only reason I don’t have this funding is because my last name is Rodriguez,” he said. “It has nothing to do with the science."
STAT on the betrayal of early-career researchers: https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/trump-nih-cuts-impacts-next-gen-researchers-american-science-shattered-series/
(Of course, even the MOSAIC "early-career" researchers that lost their funding are in their 40s.)