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.
2025 Policy and Budget Announcements
MS public universities, colleges face defunding after U.S. Department of Ed sends out letter
Feb. 21, 2025 - Mississippi public universities and colleges which receive federal funding are now assessing programs and practices under new interpretation of civil rights laws.
USDA suspends 1890 scholarship that helps Mississippi HBCU students, current class can finish
Feb. 21, 2025 - The USDA has suspended a scholarship program that gave students from underserved communities money to attend HBCUs for specific training.
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.
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.
New guidelines to support financial stability | UIC today
Feb. 21, 2025 - Formal approval is now required for new hires, high dollar investments, and future funding commitments, including faculty startup packages or other multiyear financial obligations.
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.
‘Cowardliness at the top’: Science agency staff revolt over cuts
Feb. 20, 2025 - The NSF went beyond the staff cuts demanded by the Trump administration in a move that set off a frenzied backlash at the science funding agency.
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
Feb. 20, 2025 - Experts warn there might be more disruption to come. Many of the policies rolled out so far track with proposals put forth in Project 2025.
Kentucky lawmakers seek to weaken tenure, restrict DEI
Feb. 20, 2025 - A pair of Kentucky bills introduced this month by Republican lawmakers could weaken tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion effort.
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.
University of Hawaii removes ‘diversity’ from key office in effort to safeguard federal funding
Feb. 19, 2025 - UH president Wendy Hensel says the university could lose nearly $400 million in federal funding if it doesn’t comply with President Trump's executive order.
Estimated Single Year Loss of NIH Funding if 15% Indirect Cost Rate is Imposed
Feb. 2025 - Based on analysis of 2024 NIH funding data. Sums are totals of losses in funding to programs if indirect costs had been capped at 15%.
Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research
Feb. 19, 2025 - In response to Trump science policies, universities are accepting fewer graduate students than normal and freezing positions.
Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue
Feb. 19, 2025 - Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitment.
Schools, colleges have 2 weeks to ban DEI. An education expert warns it won't be easy
Feb. 19, 2025 - The Dept. of Education told schools to stop DEI efforts or risk losing federal dollars. The president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation warns it won't be quick and easy.
Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing
Feb. 18, 2025 - These cuts are the very definition of being pennywise and pound foolish.
Court declines to block DOGE from accessing Education Department data
Feb. 18, 2025 - U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee, said the student group failed to show it faced “irreparable harm” without emergency relief.
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
Feb. 18, 2025 - A large portion of grants awarded by the NIH cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of a hold on submissions to the Federal Register, where such public notices about upcoming meetings are required by law to be posted.
UNC System Suspends DEI Course Requirements
Feb. 18, 2025 - To comply with President Trump’s Jan. 21 executive order, the UNC system suspends DEI course requirements.
National Science Foundation Fires 11% of Staff on Trump Order
Feb. 18, 2025 - The NSF fired 168 workers to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order
Columbia’s medical school pauses spending and hiring amid NIH cuts
Feb. 18, 2025 - The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is pausing hiring and spending in response to federal funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, James McKiernan, interim dean of the college, announced in a Feb. 11 email to Vagelos faculty members obtained by Spectator.
University of Florida faces medical research cuts due to Trump administration policy changes
Feb. 17, 2025 - Leaders at the University of Florida are bracing for tens of millions of dollars in possible funding cuts to medical research due to policy changes made by President Donald Trump’s administration.
University of St. Thomas scrambling after Dept. of Ed cuts millions in funding
Feb. 14, 2025 - The $6.3 million grant was targeted under President Donald Trump’s effort to cut programs the government considers “diversity, equity and inclusion,” or DEI.
Hiring freeze for non-essential positions | MIT
Feb. 14, 2025 - MIT is taking the step of instituting a general hiring freeze on all nonessential positions, effective immediately and until further notice. Faculty positions will not be impacted by this freeze.
NCSU Hiring freeze: Faculty, staff positions on hold amid federal budget uncertainty
Feb. 14, 2025 - NC State leaders told college deans, vice provosts and senior vice provosts on Friday that the university would implement an immediate "pause on all hiring activities" in response to uncertainty about the federal budget.