Jennifer W. Clark

Democrats, fund recipients challenge order to freeze federal spending White House, Republicans emphasize individual assistance programs won’t be affected

Rollercoaster.

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

It just keeps getting more dire. All of our research will grind to a halt as is is primarily funded by federal grants.

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National Institutes of Health cancel scientific meetings after Trump directives An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

This is not looking good. Maybe I can get a nice job scooping ice cream? All of the grants we submitted, for diversity supplements and taining grants for PhD students, probably won’t be funded. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

Looks like I may be raising funds for research by washing cars or a bake sale…

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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.