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Trump Administration Concedes it Canceled Research Grants in Blue States

The administration said 284 research grants were canceled because they were in states that voted against Donald Trump in 2024.

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U.S. Judge Rejects Trump’s Justification for Terminating Thousands of Grants

States hail decision, but White House may try other ways to end funding.

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How a Controversial Rule Could Hurt the NIH’s Ability to Manage Risk

Making science grantmaking explicitly political will hamstring the federal government’s soft power.

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A Proposed Rule Would Politicize Medical Research. Scientists Are Not Happy.

In tens of thousands of comments, researchers, doctors and others warned the rule could hamper progress on important health issues.

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Comments Flood OMB Proposal to Cement Political Control of Grants

The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.

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Flood of comments on White House grantmaking overhaul is largely negative, analysis shows

About 60% of opponents cite concerns about political control of grants

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Johns Hopkins Calls for Preserving Merit-Based Review in Federal Research Funding

University comment letter warns that proposed revisions to the Uniform Guidance could weaken merit-based review, increase administrative burden, and disrupt the federal research partnership

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Trump’s 2027 Budget Proposes Deep Cuts to Science Programs

Domestic agencies would face $73 billion in cuts, including reduced funding for scientific research and health and environmental programs

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Trump’s Budget Request Cuts Programs That Help Ordinary Americans and Sinks That Money Toward War

What are some of the proposed cuts in the Trump ad

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Protesters Demand Increased Medical Research Funding at NIH

Demonstrators rally against proposed budget cuts that threaten scientific progress and public health

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Trump is Still Trying to DOGE the NIH. Republicans are Tired

The NIH has proven a difficult target for the White House budget director, because lawmakers have a symbiotic relationship with the agency

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Congress Set to Reject Trump’s Major Budget Cuts to NSF, NASA, and Energy Science

Appropriators agree instead to keep this year’s spending nearly level

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Proposed Federal Cuts Threaten Nursing Programs and Research Funding for Missouri

Nearly $7 million that supports nursing education and research in Missouri is at risk under federal proposals to eliminate key Title VIII workforce programs.

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Luz Rivas Warns That Capping Indirect Costs For Research Funding Will Result In Massive Cuts To NIH

During a House Science Committee hearing before the Congressional recess, Rep. Luz Rivas (D-CA) spoke about caps on indirect costs for federally-funded research programs.

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Trump Supporters Distrust Science. We Need New Ways to Engage

The evidence is now clear that the modern American structure of science can no longer survive as an apolitical entity that enjoys consistent, bipartisan support. Science is now suffering a generational catastrophe, not just in terms of funding, but in terms of political and public support.

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Lyme Disease Research at Johns Hopkins in Jeopardy Due to Federal Funding Delays

Maryland has some of the highest cases of Lyme disease in the nation, yet funding for research is in jeopardy.

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A Year in Review of Trump's War on Science

It’s been a tough year for science south of the border. Budgets slashed. Scientists fired. Protections erased. Since 20 January 2025, the Trump administration has decimated science and research across the U.S., and it’s having very real impacts on Canada’s research community.

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Federal Funding Protects California’s Future

Sustained Government Funding Powers FIP Treatment, Alzheimer’s Technology and Water-Efficient Farming

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Federal Judge Prevents Trump Administration From Cutting UC Funding

This decision comes after the Trump administration demanded that the UC pay nearly $1.2 billion in fines and overhaul its policies as a response to claims of antisemitism and civil rights violations by UCLA.

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

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Trump’s HIV Cuts Are Devastating California’s Black and Latino Communities

The $1.5 billion in federal funding cuts will shutter testing, outreach and housing programs—while one LA nonprofit has already lost more than half its budget.

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NIH Funding Cuts Have Affected Over 74,000 People Enrolled in Experiments, a New Report Says

Between the end of February and mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID-19, researchers found.

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Research Funds in Nevada Are Limited. Federal Cuts for Medical Studies May Make it Worse.

Federal funds helped spur every major advancement in life sciences in the last half century. Private foundations can’t fill the gap if it drops significantly.

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As Funding Falters, Young Brain Scientists Rethink Careers in Research

Ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice, according to leaders of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), which represents more than 37,000 researchers and clinicians.

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What's at Risk When Federal Research Funding to Universities is Cut

Federal research funding to universities has fueled breakthroughs for years. The White House is pressuring universities to align with the president's political agenda, or risk losing their funding.

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Research on Thin Ice

Federal funding cuts and challenges strain OSU research efforts

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Francis Collins Issues Call to Action at Liver Meeting

He said most Americans aren’t aware of how decades of federally funded research have led to today’s lifesaving breakthroughs. To help reconnect people to that, he’s assembling a “storybook” with tales from patients whose lives have been transformed by medicine.

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AAMC Leaders: Navigating today’s uncertainties requires a steadfast commitment to medicine’s core values

Caring compassionately for all patients, conducting groundbreaking research, and training the next generation of physicians will remain academic medicine’s North Star, even in the face of considerable political headwinds.

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Uncertain Future: HIV Programs Face Deep Funding Cuts in Congress

As Congress struggles to resolve the ongoing budget standoff, advocates, and lawmakers, are expressing growing concern that key HIV and AIDS programs could face steep reductions.

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Federally Funded Clinical Trials Play a Vital Role in Cancer Research, Especially for Rare and Pediatric Cancers

An analysis evaluating the quantitative role of federally funded cancer clinical trials vs those funded by industry sponsors found that early-phase, multimodality, dose de-escalation, rare cancer, and child-focused drug and biological agent clinical trials were more likely to be conducted by federally sponsored research groups.

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