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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 #University of Pittsburgh #Trump #graduate #ADSA member

The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty

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.

#Trump #NIH #higher ed #University of Pittsburgh #MIT #Columbia University #Boston University #Vanderbilt #University of New Mexico

Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling

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.

#Trump #NIH #career #higher ed

Opinion: I’m an NIH-funded researcher, drowning in uncertainty

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.

#Trump #University of Illinois Chicago #budget #ADSA member

New guidelines to support financial stability | UIC today

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.

#NIH #UC San Diego #Trump

UC San Diego, bracing for more than $200M in funding cuts, freezes faculty hiring

‘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.

#NSF #Trump

‘Cowardliness at the top’: Science agency staff revolt over cuts

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.

#Trump #NSF #higher ed

Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next

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.

#DEI #Kentucky #politics #higher ed

Kentucky lawmakers seek to weaken tenure, restrict DEI

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.

#Department of Education #funding #Trump

U.S. Department of Education Cancels Divisive and Wasteful Grants 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.

#DEI #Trump #University of Hawaii

University of Hawaii removes ‘diversity’ from key office in effort to safeguard federal funding

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%.

#data #NIH #higher ed #Trump #budget

Estimated Single Year Loss of NIH Funding if 15% Indirect Cost Rate is Imposed

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.

#Trump #NIH #funding #University of Southern California #Vanderbilt #University of Washington #ADSA member #Columbia University #MIT #UNC Chapel Hill #Boston University

Graduate student admissions paused and cut back as universities react to Trump orders on research

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.

#CZI #DEI #Trump #funding

Mark Zuckerberg’s charity guts DEI after assuring staff it would continue

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.

#higher ed #degree #K12 #Trump #DEI

Schools, colleges have 2 weeks to ban DEI. An education expert warns it won't be 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.

#CRA #Trump #NSF #funding

Cuts to NSF and CISE Directorate Jeopardize American Leadership in Computing

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.

#Trump #Department of Education #data

Court declines to block DOGE from accessing Education Department data

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.

#NIH #funding #Trump

Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze

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.

#DEI #Trump #UNC Asheville #UNC Chapel Hill #UNC Charlotte #UNC Greensboro #UNC Wilmington #north carolina #higher ed

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

#NSF #Trump

National Science Foundation Fires 11% of Staff on Trump 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.

#Columbia University #NIH #funding #Trump #higher ed

Columbia’s medical school pauses spending and hiring amid NIH cuts

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 Florida #Trump #NIH #funding

University of Florida faces medical research cuts due to Trump administration policy changes

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.

#funding #Trump #University of St Thomas #Department of Education #DEI

University of St. Thomas scrambling after Dept. of Ed cuts millions in funding

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.

#MIT #Trump

Hiring freeze for non-essential positions | MIT

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.

#ADSA member #budget #higher ed #Trump

NCSU Hiring freeze: Faculty, staff positions on hold amid federal budget uncertainty

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.

#NIH #funding #higher ed #research #biomedical #health #Trump

N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s

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.

#TCU #Haskell Indian Nations University #Trump #budget #higher ed

Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders

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.

#Carnegie Mellon University #University of Pittsburgh #NIH #funding #Trump

Pitt, Carnegie Mellon could lose more than $100 million in NIH funding

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.

#Columbia University #Trump #funding

Columbia Medical School Freezes Hiring And Spending Amid Orders For Federal Research Funding Cuts, Armstrong Addresses The Community – Bwog

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.

#Boston University #MIT #higher ed #Trump #ADSA member #budget

Boston University, MIT tighten budgets as they brace for federal funding cuts

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.

#NIH #funding #Trump #University of Iowa #higher ed

University of Iowa could miss out on $33.4M in research funding if NIH cuts are approved