Fri, Aug 8, 2025:
Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers – AP
- The order requires all federal agencies, including FEMA, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, to appoint officials responsible for reviewing federal funding opportunities and grants, so that they “are consistent with agency priorities and the national interest.”
- It also requires agencies to make it so that current and future federal grants can be terminated at any time — including during the grant period itself.
- Agencies cannot announce new funding opportunities until the new protocols are in place, according to the order.
- The Trump administration said these changes are part of an effort to “strengthen oversight” and “streamline agency grantmaking.” Scientists say the order will cripple America’s scientific engine by placing control over federal research funds in the hands of people who are influenced by politics and lack relevant expertise.
Thurs, May 29, 2025:
If America Doesn’t Want Harvard, Somebody Else Will. Defunding academic research is a spectacular act of self-harm. If the US persists, other countries are right to step in. – Bloomberg
Wed, April 16, 2025:
Why colleges like Harvard can’t easily use endowments to replace federal funding; Endowments aren’t a simple replacement for government funding because of restrictions related to donor earmarking, legality and research priorities, experts say. – NBC
Fri, March 28, 2025:
Trump restricts federal research funding, a lifeblood for colleges – AP