NIH abruptly cuts coronavirus research funding, alarming scientists

  "The reason our grant was renewed for five years is because our work is so important in helping prevent pandemics,” Daszak told Science...

But in 5+ years of funding, they specifically did not contribute to the prevention of any pandemic, and the worst pandemic in a century started right under their noses. Given this, and the fact that most of the money goes to Chinese researchers on efforts that the Chinese should be paying for on their own, makes this a natural choice.

(In defense of EcoHealth in general, note that they are well regarded on Charity Navigator).

"the National Institutes of Health abruptly cancelled funding for a long-standing research project by US and Chinese scientists"

"The grant that is now going unfunded is titled “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence,” and it was written by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., a non-profit based in New York that collaborates with a leading Chinese researcher who studies bat coronaviruses in Wuhan."