The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance. Read more

For decades, the United States has been a magnet for talent, attracting some of the world’s best scientific minds to its universities and laboratories. Read more

Since President Donald Trump took office, the National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $3 million to studies on transgenderism or “gender-affirming care.” Read more

Defunding of diversity-related research may deter American university libraries from buying titles in contentious topic areas, publishers fear Read more

For decades, Research Experience for Undergraduates has been a golden ticket for students, funding summer research projects at top institutions. Now, at least a dozen are canceled. Read more

Scientists who study LGBTQ+ communities are reeling after the National Institutes of Health canceled their funding, citing their focus on “transgender issues,” as the Trump administration cracks down on what it calls “gender ideology extremism.” Read more

Amid ongoing confusion around grant decisions and payments, scholars fear they will not be able to continue with potentially life-saving work Read more

Despite court orders blocking Trump’s federal funding freeze, bans on DEI and other executive mandates, academic researchers are still in the dark on what all of it could mean for their careers and the pace of scientific discovery. Read more

Annually, the foreign aid agency awards universities about $350 million in grants to research solutions to global crises. Researchers warn of long-term harms if Trump shutters the agency. Read more

University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs Read more