Ohio colleges and universities are cutting DEI programs, staff. Here's what we know
Feb. 27, 2025 - Diversity, equity and inclusion work at colleges and universities are under heightened scrutiny this year.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
2025 NIH Study section tracking
Cancellations are added once they're on https://www.csr.nih.gov/RevPanelsAndDates/RevDates.aspx
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Texas Legislature proposes $400 million cut to higher ed
Feb. 27, 2025 - Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said higher ed would get less funding if they don’t “kick DEI out of their schools,” a few weeks after lawmakers proposed a massive cut to public universities.
MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis'
Feb. 26, 2025 - The MacArthur Foundation will increase its giving over the next two years in response to what it calls a “crisis."
Stanford University | An update on staff hiring
Feb. 26, 2025 - Stanford is implementing a freeze on staff hiring in the university. Critically needed positions may be approved by the cognizant dean, vice president, or vice provost, though these situations should be limited.
UW-Madison graduate program to decrease admissions offers amid federal funding uncertainty
Feb. 25, 2025 - Graduate programs at UW-Madison are being advised to decrease admissions offers due to increased student yield and potential funding decline, according university leadership.
DOGE said it cut $881 million at the Education Department. The real savings are much less.
Feb. 26, 2025 - A new analysis shows it doesn't account for roughly $400 million that was effectively wasted – not saved – by the DOGE team.
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Feb. 26, 2025 - The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed.
University of Missouri announces cuts, full impact not yet known
Feb. 24, 2025 - The MU president warned university system faces challenges and cuts to federal programs in the near future and will need to take steps to address those issues.
The Smithsonian will close its diversity office and freeze federal hiring
Jan. 29, 2025 - The Smithsonian isn't a federal agency, but it gets much of its funding from federal appropriations.
DOGE blocked from accessing Education Department’s sensitive student data until March 10
Feb. 24, 2025 - A judge said the Trump administration failed to explain why the Department of Government Efficiency needed “sweeping access” to the agency’s records.
Canceled meetings and confusion: NIH grant funding in limbo despite court injunction | WBUR News
Feb. 24, 2025 - Researchers awaiting NIH funding say their grant meetings are being canceled, despite a court order blocking the Trump administration from freezing federal funds.
Northwestern Libraries’ website removes DEI mention as University responds to executive orders
Feb. 23, 2025 - Northwestern Libraries removed the mention of diversity on its website, following President Donald Trump’s executive orders against DEI initiatives.
Senate alleges $4.9 million in Vanderbilt and VUMC NSF-funded research as promoting ‘far-left ideology’
Feb. 24, 2025 - U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) flagged 3,483 NSF grants, including 15 awarded to Vanderbilt.
Penn schools scrubbed their DEI websites. Here’s what’s left.
Feb. 24, 2025 - Four undergraduate and 12 graduate schools have scrubbed references to diversity, equity, and inclusion from their respective webpages over the past two weeks.
Officials tack on additional leadership review for hiring, promotions to preserve GW’s ‘limited’ resources
Feb. 24, 2025 - Officials will add another step to the approval process for faculty and staff hiring and promotions to protect GW’s “limited” resources.
PhD admission decrease won’t affect research goals, University says
Jan. 28, 2025 - PhD budget growth is set to be reduced from 6% to 4% through reduced admissions targets.
Social Security Slashes Cooperative Agreements
Feb. 21, 2025 - The Social Security Administration today announced the termination of their Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) cooperative agreements.
U.S. Department of Education Cancels Divisive and Wasteful Grants under the Comprehensive Centers Program
Feb. 19, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Education cancelled 18 grants totaling $226 million that were awarded under the Comprehensive Centers Program.
UC San Diego, bracing for more than $200M in funding cuts, freezes faculty hiring
Feb. 20, 2025 - ‘This is the biggest financial challenge in UCSD’s history,’ said Terry Gaasterland, a longtime faculty member.
University of Louisville announces 5-month hiring freeze amid 'volatility' in federal funding
Feb. 21, 2025 - The University of Louisville placed an "immediate pause" on all faculty and staff positions until July 15.
Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)
Crowdsourced list of programs that have announced cuts to graduate admissions
Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid federal research funding cuts
Feb. 21, 2025 - Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs.
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
Feb. 21, 2025 - The school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could play out.
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds
Feb. 22, 2025 - NIH had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.
N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s
Feb. 14, 2025 - Federal spending records show the allocations are about $1 billion lower than last year’s disbursements were at this time.
Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling
Feb. 21, 2025 - Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.
Opinion: I’m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty
Feb. 21, 2025 - “I’ll keep doing what I can to move my research forward. But I, and so many others, can’t do this indefinitely,” this assistant professor writes.
NEH Implementation of Recent Executive Orders
Feb. 11, 2025 - To comply with recent Executive Orders, NEH is adding several new prohibited categories to the Funding Restrictions section of its NOFOs.
NIH funding cuts could devastate health, science research in NJ | NJ Spotlight News
Feb. 12, 2024 - Academics fear the costs for scienctific research, higher education and public health if Trump NIH cuts go ahead.