The Department of Defense spends millions of dollars every year on expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in science and healthcare, a Washington Examiner review of public records found.

From improving racial equity in prostate cancer treatment to increasing diversity in marine mammal research, the Washington Examiner identified $18.4 million in Pentagon grants aimed at inserting DEI into technical fields. While the earliest instance of this spending in federal databases dates back to the Obama administration, most of the grants were disbursed by the Biden administration, and a significant number of these diversity commitments remain under the Trump administration.