President’s Budget Catastrophic for Federal R&D. Congress Must Reject It
May 2, 2025 - A statement from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh on the President's proposed skinny budget for federal research & development.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk
May 2, 2025 - A week after restoring foreign students’ legal status, immigration officials detailed plans for a new policy granting unprecedented leeway to terminate their residency. It could foreshadow a new round of deportation efforts.
Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump
May 2, 2025 - President Donald Trump again threatened the Ivy League institution's tax-exempt status on Friday as the battle between the two escalates.
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
May 2, 2025 - Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say.
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
May 2, 2025 - The 15% rate maximum applies only to new awards made to IHEs on or after May 5, 2025.
Updates on NSF Priorities
Last updated on May 2, 2025
NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
May 1, 2025 - US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates
Apr. 30, 2025 - The letter asks alums and community members to contact congressional representatives and donate to a new Brown Resilience Fund.
Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit
Apr. 30, 2025 - The institution signaled that layoffs were likely in the coming months.
School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts
Apr. 30, 2025 - Stanford’s seven schools had been asked by Provost Jenny Martinez to model budget cuts and submit “high-level plans” for their implementation. H&S’s planning exercise involves modeling a 10% and 15% cut to general funds and a 10% cut to endowment funds.
Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared
Apr. 30, 2025 - Harvard shared data with the Department of Homeland Security in response to its request for information on international students’ disciplinary records and illegal activity.
Princeton Alumni-led fund aims to replace $210 million in funding cuts
Apr. 29, 2025 - An alumnus-led fund started by Patrick Ho ’08 seeks to replace $210 million in federal research cuts to Princeton.
‘The lifeblood of academic researchers’: DEI-related federal funding cuts loom over Northwestern Ph.D. students’ research
May 1, 2025 - Northwestern Ph.D. students have found themselves navigating an increasingly hostile funding environment.
GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards
May 1, 2025 - The start of this process, required every eight years by the accrediting body, comes amid Trump’s new executive order targeting college accreditation bodies that require institutions to have DEI initiatives.
Nine MIT international students’ SEVIS statuses are restored without notice
May 1, 2025 - On April 25, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) restored thousands of international students’ visa statuses.
AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan
Apr. 29, 2025 - The overwhelming majority of provisions in the bill would reduce student aid to low-income students and would impose onerous financial penalties on institutions, particularly those least able to meet them.
The 100 days that shook U.S. science
Apr. 30, 2025 - Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences.
A CU professor got a grant to teach kids about artificial intelligence. Then the National Science Foundation abruptly killed it
Apr. 29, 2025 - The grant proposal contained the word “misinformation” -- and the professor thinks that’s why the project was killed.
Trump administration pulls research funding for 23 CU Boulder projects
Apr. 29, 2025 - The projects were funded through the National Science Foundation.
Pitt loses another $1 million research grant: 'These letters are driving fear'
Apr. 28, 2025 - The three-year research project aimed to help 1,500 middle school students become computer literate.
If NSF Snoozes, Then TACC’s “Horizon” Supercomputer Loses
Apr. 30, 2025 - It is a tumultuous time for any agency in the US government or any company or organization that depends on the US government for a sizable portion of its.
Mohsen Mahdawi — the Columbia student arrested at his citizenship appointment — speaks
Apr. 30, 2025 - Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."
Will US science survive Trump 2.0?
Apr. 29, 2025 - The White House is expected to propose a budget for 2026 that would slash investments in science across the federal government.
University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX, Education Department charges
Apr. 28, 2025 - The agency has been threatening education institutions with the loss of federal funding if they allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
Johns Hopkins announces new research investments to help those affected by federal policy changes
Apr. 28, 2025 - Wide-ranging support targets faculty, staff, and students whose research activities have been affected by unexpected grant terminations, delays, or other interruptions
Immigration status restored for all affected NYU students
Apr. 28, 2025 - The federal government reactivated immigration statuses for all NYU students affected by the Trump administration’s crackdown on noncitizens.
Harvard Renames Diversity Office As Trump Demands Dismantling of DEI
Apr. 28, 2025 - Harvard will immediately rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to “Community and Campus Life."
Wisconsin joins lawsuit challenging cuts to federal education funding over DEI
Apr. 28, 2025 - Wisconsin and 18 other states filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s threats to cut funding for school districts that do not end diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Immigration status records restored for four Yale students
Apr. 27, 2025 - The federal government reactivated the visitor status records of all four Yale students whose records were previously terminated in a Department of Homeland Security database.
Immigration records for Brown students, recent grads reinstated
Apr. 28, 2025 - The students impacted by the visa revocations earlier this month had their status reactivated on Saturday.