The funding halt at NIH came after an OMB memo's footnote was interpreted to mean the release of money for research grants was prohibited, according to an email sent to NIH staff Tuesday afternoon by its associate director for budget, Neil Shapiro. "We are working to make this limitation short-term and temporary," Shapiro wrote in the email.

The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily halted all funding for science research issued by the National Institutes of Health before releasing the funds later in the day, according to emails