Scientific News Federal Funding Cuts Impacts On Scientific Research

Federal funding cuts are only one problem facing America's colleges and universities

Higher education is under stress. The highest-profile threat has been the Trump administration's efforts to cut funding to several universities, including Harvard, Columbia and Northwestern. Read More

Federal research funding uncertainty halts progress, limits graduate student recruitment

The fallout of federal cuts to lab funding, along with ensuing cuts and reorganizations of funding institutions more broadly, materializes in frozen grant money and unreviewed grants without future ... Read More

White House takes eye off the prize by withdrawing support for medical research

As 2025’s Nobel winners are honored this week, 2009 laureate Carol Greider reasserts the vital role of federal funding in fueling future prize-worthy breakthroughs in health and science ... Read More

Strategies to keep drug discovery research alive in the US despite funding cuts

In the face of US federal funding cuts, biomedical researchers propose strategies for continued progress in drug discovery. Publishing in Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, their recommendations ... Read More

Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts

The U.S. government has been without a spending plan for two weeks now. Senate Democrats aren’t backing down on their demands that Republicans extend health insurance subsidies and reverse Medicaid ... Read More

Federal grants for Yale research on malaria were cut, but the work continues

Federal cuts to research have had real-world effects. But for one Yale researcher, the work has continued with alternative funding sources. Read More

NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs

Dispersing federal research funding, largely concentrated at private universities on the coasts, to the rest of the country is another NIH goal, and scientists supported by transition awards have a ... Read More

IU scientists discuss grant cuts, grad students at 3rd concerned scientists town hall

Concerned Scientists at IU hosted this semester’s third community forum Wednesday with “The Future of the Sciences at IU,” a panel discussion on recent changes to federal grant funding, the ... Read More

Wiener launches ‘Save Science, Save Lives’ campaign in response to federal funding cuts

At a press conference Monday, a coalition of California scientists and leaders, including state Sen. Scott Wiener, launched the campaign for the “Save Science, Save Lives” ballot measure. The measure ... Read More

Science funding cuts by Trump administration impact Merced County | Opinion

Science funding cuts by the Trump administration threaten Merced County’s agriculture and UC Merced research, risking jobs and long-term regional growth. Andrew Kuhn akuhn@mercedsun-star.com As the ... Read More