Trump administration's attack on university research accelerates
a year ago
- #research funding
- #Trump administration
- #university protests
- Trump administration reduced research funding soon after inauguration.
- Major science agencies paused research funding by January's end, with grants not restored to previous levels.
- Individual grants targeted on ideological grounds; agencies like NSF expected to face significant cuts.
- Columbia University involved in ongoing fight over $400 million in research funding.
- Recent funding freezes target multiple universities, potentially crippling their research if prolonged.
- NIH froze all research funding to Columbia despite compliance with administration demands and resignation of acting president.
- Columbia received nearly $700 million from NIH in 2024, mostly for medical and public health schools.
- Funding holds extended to Northwestern University ($800 million) and Cornell University ($1 billion).
- Freezes involve multiple government agencies, including Department of Defense for Cornell.
- Actions justified by university administrators' handling of Gaza conflict protests, accused of allowing antisemitism.