Scientific News Federal Funding Cuts Impacts On Scientific Research

The impact of US funding cuts on global scientific advancements in 2025

US defunding of science has had a particularly damaging effect on climate and health research, but other countries – and the private sector – are pushing ahead with new advances. Read More

‘Not giving up’: SD philanthropy fights to fill federal funding cuts to cancer research

In a laboratory somewhere in San Diego, an emerging scientist wonders if this will be the last year they can afford to search for a cure. Read More

Science funding cuts threaten faculty and student research

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Maggie Douglas is an agricultural scientist who focuses on how to design more sustainable agriculture systems, particularly pertaining to how to better ... Read More

Vought says National Science Foundation to break up federal climate, weather research center

The National Science Foundation will “break up” a climate and weather research lab in Colorado, according to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. The Foundation, an ... Read More

Postscripts from the frontlines of Trump’s attacks on science: no simple happy endings

Leading efforts to translate research into treatments at the NIH had felt, for physician Josh Fessel, like the way he could help the most people. But a month into the second Trump administration, he ... Read More

Scientists warn federal funding cuts could undermine walleye recovery in Minnesota

Christopher Rounds is a scientist who studies walleye in Minnesota, but he doesn't use a boat or a net or even a laboratory. 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

Meng hosts hearing to discuss Queens impact of Trump administration’s proposed cuts to STEM funding

Funding cuts to STEM programs proposed by the Trump administration for 2026 loom over the Queens as Congresswoman Meng hosts a hearing about its impact. Read More

Science Can’t Wait: Why Stable Funding Matters for Discovery

The end of the shutdown did not resolve the uncertainty facing US researchers, who continue to navigate delays and budget constraints that slow scientific progress. Read More

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. Research ... Read More