Research trapped ‘in limbo’ as courts block Trump orders
Amid ongoing confusion around grant decisions and payments, scholars fear they will not be able to continue with potentially life-saving work Read more
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Researchers in ‘Limbo’ as Trump Battles Courts
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
USAID Cuts Hit University Research, Including Respected Soybean Labs
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
End to approved journal list ‘blow’ to Indian research quality
University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs Read more
Ahead of Court Hearing, Chaos Reigns at NIH
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
Ending the Research 1 ‘Arms Race’
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
$900 Million in Institute of Education Sciences Contracts Axed
The National Center for Education Statistics has been hit hard while researchers say grant review panels have been halted. Read more
Trump Wants to Cut Billions in Research Spending. Here’s How Much It Might Cost Your University.
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
Research Universities Are Poised to Lose Billions Under Trump’s Sudden Cut
The Trump administration’s drastic change in grantmaking policy on Friday will result in billions of dollars of cuts to the U.S. research enterprise and has already triggered a widespread outcry across higher education. Read more
A Scandal in Alzheimer’s Research Shows How Science Can Go Astray
Billions of dollars have been spent on researching Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts more than six million Americans and is the fifth-leading cause of death among the nation’s elderly. Yet there is no cure, and the few treatments available show only modest evidence of slowing cognitive decline. Read more
