2025 Policy and Budget Announcements

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Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reports $9.6M loss in federal funding following NIH cuts

May 5, 2025 - Three federally funded research projects were effectively terminated due to these cuts, including research in the experiences of older LGBTQ+ Americans, suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth and the mental health effects of legalizing same-sex marriage.

#DEI #NIH #Vanderbilt #Trump

Vanderbilt's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab reports $9.6M loss in federal funding following NIH cuts

President von der Leyen puts science centre stage with “Choose Europe” Initiative

May 4, 2025 - Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented today in Paris the main elements of “Choose Europe”, a new policy initiative to ensure Europe continues to be at the forefront of research.

#European Union #Trump #research

President von der Leyen puts science centre stage with “Choose Europe” Initiative

Letter from Princeton Provost reveals total operating budget, recommends shifts in spending

May 4, 2025 - The total operating budget to be $3.5 billion — nearly a half billion increase from last year’s budget.

#Princeton #budget

Letter from Princeton Provost reveals total operating budget, recommends shifts in spending

International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained

May 3, 2025 - Alireza Doroudi has been detained in an immigration facility in Louisiana for nearly six weeks.

#University of Alabama #Trump #DHS

International students in Alabama fearful after researcher with no political ties is detained

President Trump Releases Potentially Disastrous FY26 Budget Request - GovAffairs

May 2, 2025 - The Trump Administration released a high-level overview of their budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26).

#Trump #research #funding #NSF #CRA

President Trump Releases Potentially Disastrous FY26 Budget Request - GovAffairs

Funding Cuts Hit STEM Career Pipelines

May 2, 2025 - NSF has already terminated hundreds of STEM education-related grants, and Trump’s 2026 budget proposes even deeper cuts across the federal government.

#NSF #Trump #STEM #DEI #higher ed

Funding Cuts Hit STEM Career Pipelines

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.

#Trump #AAAS

President’s Budget Catastrophic for Federal R&D. Congress Must Reject It

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.

#Trump #higher ed #ICE

New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk

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.

#Harvard #Trump

Harvard faculty group pledges 10% of salary to help university fight Trump

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.

#Trump #higher ed #research #NSF #NIH #EPA #AI #quantum computing #CDC #NASA

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science

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.

#NSF #Trump #funding

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

Updates on NSF Priorities

Last updated on May 2, 2025

#NSF #Trump #funding #DEI

Updates on NSF Priorities

GW to slash FY2026 expense budget by 3 percent, pause merit increases

May 1, 2025 - The University reduced its budget by 3 percent next fiscal year in light of recent “financial issues” and higher education “headwinds” created by President Donald Trump’s executive actions.

#George Washington University #Trump #budget

GW to slash FY2026 expense budget by 3 percent, pause merit increases

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’.

#NSF #Trump #funding

NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

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.

#MIT #Trump #DHS

Nine MIT international students’ SEVIS statuses are restored without notice

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.

#DEI #accreditation #George Washington University #Trump

GW seeks reaccreditation as Trump targets accreditors’ DEI standards

‘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.

#Northwestern #graduate #Trump #DEI

‘The lifeblood of academic researchers’: DEI-related federal funding cuts loom over Northwestern Ph.D. students’ research

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.

#Brown #Trump

Paxson solicits donations, political support for research funding in email to Brown alums, affiliates

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.

#Trump #Duke University

Duke University offers buyouts and signals future layoffs as federal cuts hit

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.

#Stanford #budget

School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts

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.

#Harvard #Trump #DHS

Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared

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.

#Princeton #Trump

Princeton Alumni-led fund aims to replace $210 million in funding cuts

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.

#higher ed #policy #DEI

AAU, Associations Send Letter in Opposition to the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan

The 100 days that shook U.S. science

Apr. 30, 2025 - Trump’s chaotic push to remake federal research will have lasting consequences.

#Trump #NSF #NIH #research #higher ed

The 100 days that shook U.S. science

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.

#UT Austin #Trump #NSF

If NSF Snoozes, Then TACC’s “Horizon” Supercomputer Loses

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."

#Columbia University #Trump #DHS

Mohsen Mahdawi — the Columbia student arrested at his citizenship appointment — speaks

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.

#AI #Trump #University of Colorado Boulder #NSF

A CU professor got a grant to teach kids about artificial intelligence. Then the National Science Foundation abruptly killed it

Trump administration pulls research funding for 23 CU Boulder projects

Apr. 29, 2025 - The projects were funded through the National Science Foundation.

#NSF #University of Colorado Boulder #Trump

Trump administration pulls research funding for 23 CU Boulder projects

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.

#funding #Trump #NIH #NASA #NSF

Will US science survive Trump 2.0?

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.

#University of Pittsburgh #NSF #DEI #Trump

Pitt loses another $1 million research grant: 'These letters are driving fear'