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%.
Higher Ed Policy and Budget Announcements
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.
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.
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 USAID halt US farm research at universities, sources say
Feb. 12, 2025 - The Trump administration's dismantling of the USAID has halted work at a network of farm research laboratories at land grant universities in 13 states.
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.
University of Iowa could miss out on $33.4M in research funding if NIH cuts are approved
Feb. 13, 2025 - The University of Iowa is in danger of losing out on $33.4 million in research funding if National Institutes of Health funding cuts are approved.
Brown among universities suing NIH over ‘flagrantly unlawful’ federal funding cut
Feb. 10, 2025 - Brown filed a lawsuit Monday against the National Institutes of Health in an attempt to stop a cut to their federal research funding.
Pitt, Carnegie Mellon could lose more than $100 million in NIH funding
Feb. 13, 2025 - Together, Pitt and CMU could lose close to $200 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, putting all future research in doubt.
Rochester, Cornell join universities suing NIH over research funding cuts
Feb. 12, 2025 - Under the Trump administration's effort, the NIH would cap indirect funds for higher education research infrastructure to 15% of total grant dollars distributed.
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.
Columbia Medical School Freezes Hiring And Spending Amid Orders For Federal Research Funding Cuts, Armstrong Addresses The Community – Bwog
Feb. 13, 2025 - Leadership at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons announced pauses on hiring, travel, events, and other activities as President Trump’s orders to cut medical research funding are challenged in court.
‘Imminent threat’: University of Utah could lose $43.5M for research expenses under Trump admin cut
Feb. 13, 2025 - The University of Utah could lose $43.5 million this year in federal funding for medical research expenses — which support projects like the development of new cancer-fighting drugs — if a new cut from the Trump administration moves forward.
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.
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.
FSU, FAMU give campus communities guidance after Trump's orders on DEI funds, immigration
Jan. 31, 2025 - Following a brief federal funding freeze scare and heightened immigration concerns, universities are providing their campus communities with guidance amid uncertainties.
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.
Missouri State University ends DEI programs
Jan. 29, 2025 - Effective immediately, Missouri State University will stop diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs on campus and close its office of inclusive engagement.
Princeton | Tracking Trump’s executive orders on higher education
The ‘Prince’ has compiled a list of Donald Trump's executive actions.
Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders
Feb. 14, 2025 - About 30% of employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by Donald Trump's administration.
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.
Boston University, MIT tighten budgets as they brace for federal funding cuts
Feb.13, 2025 - Behind closed doors, colleges and universities are considering hiring and spending freezes.
Northwestern Leadership announces 10% non-personnel spending reduction
Feb. 12, 2025 - Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.
Lost NSF Funding
A dashboard that visualizes data from a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee investigation released on February 11, 2025.
Cancellation of Education Department research contracts sparks concerns
Feb. 11, 2025 - The department didn’t provide a list of canceled contracts but said NAEP, the College Scorecard and the College Navigator were not impacted.
Tennessee State University could run out of cash this spring without help
Feb. 7, 2025 - The struggling HBCU is dependent on state money to survive.
Trump axed support for tribal and Hispanic-serving colleges
Jan. 30, 2025 - President Trump rescinded Biden-era executive orders that bolstered support for tribal colleges and universities with the most Hispanic students.
‘Sobering news’: Sonoma State University makes broad cuts to tackle $24M deficit
Jan. 23, 2025 - The California public university plans to reduce staff, faculty and majors, as well as fold its athletics program.