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

A federal judge is set to hear arguments today for and against extending a block on the National Institutes of Health’s recent directive to cut support for medical research—much of which happens at universities—by more than $4 billion. Read more

The Carnegie classifications now require only two criteria for R-1 status: spend $50 million in annual research and award at least 70 research doctorates a year. A new designation also recognizes smaller colleges conducting research. Read more

The National Center for Education Statistics has been hit hard while researchers say grant review panels have been halted. Read more

Plans by the Trump administration to reduce government spending on research by billions of dollars has raised anxieties within higher education and among researchers who carry out the nation’s biomedical research. Read more