An EPA decision to terminate a grant supporting wildfire-smoke health research interrupted an active project led by Marina Vance, a university-based investigator. Vance had been studying interventions homeowners might use to reduce indoor smoke exposure when the agency deemed the work 'no longer consistent' with its priorities and pulled funding. The reporting cites Vance’s research team and grant documents to describe the cut and notes the broader context of shifting federal research priorities. The termination raises questions about continuity of studies related to public-health responses to climate-driven disasters. For university researchers, research offices and principal investigators, the episode underscores risks tied to agency re-prioritization and the need for contingency planning when federal support is rescoped or rescinded.