Federal Cuts Put Institutional Aid at Risk
As colleges face mounting financial challenges, institutional aid budgets could take a significant hit, passing costs to students and undermining promising access initiatives. Read more
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In Defense of ‘Silly’ Science
About 10 years ago, I was sitting in a Mexican restaurant surrounded by people who smelled distinctly like elephant crap. Read more
Facing Research Cuts, Officials at U. of Iowa Spoke of a ‘Limited Ability to Publicly Fight This’
The National Institutes of Health’s announcement in late February that it would cap indirect research funding at 15 percent sent universities across the nation into a panic. Read more
Can anything save US science?
As the Trump administration proposes enormous cuts for the US’ world-renowned science agencies, Jack Grove looks into what is driving the attacks beyond political malice – and what, if anything, can be done to plug the huge funding gaps Read more
Fulbright Board Resigns Over Political Interference
Nearly the entire scholarship board quit Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration’s intervention in the selection process, which they say was politically motivated and illegal. Read more
Scientists face ‘pivot penalty’ for changing research focus
Even extreme interest in Covid-19 science was not enough to overcome citation loss associated with switching to a different research track Read more
Can Scientific Research Survive Without Federal Funding?
Universities are offering temporary relief to researchers whose projects have been disrupted by federal funding cuts. Read more
The NIH is requiring grantees to follow Trump’s Anti-Trans Executive Order
On April 21, the National Institutes of Health notified a researcher at a teaching hospital in the Boston area that her grant was being renewed for the fourth year in a row. In most years, such confirmations are uncontroversial. Read more
Education Dept. cancels Fulbright-Hays applications, at least for now
The grant programs have supported the international research of students and scholars for more than 60 years. Read more
Seven-year ‘supergrants’ to make Europe ‘magnet for researchers’
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen steps up efforts to attract American academics while taking aim at Trump’s ‘miscalculation’ of failing to support research Read more
