The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has not yet rescinded directives that led to the cancellation of more than 2,400 research projects it funded, despite a ruling declaring them illegal.
Of the 20 members in his group, he will soon run out of money to pay the salaries for four. As of June, he estimated that his team has enough to keep going for about six months in its current form if it draws money from other funding sources.
The federal government engaged in 'quintessential viewpoint discrimination' when it rescinded funding to UC researchers, marking a key win for advocacy in educational research.
The administration of US President Donald Trump is pursuing a destructive agenda against science. The White House seems to be intent on telling funding agencies what they can fund, universities who they can hire, and researchers what they can study.
"Unfortunately, something is going to change," said Barbara Snyder, president of the Association of American Universities. "Either we will be part of it or it will be imposed upon us ... Significant division in the research community is going to kill us."
If there are fewer medical diagnostics there will be fewer medical devices and treatments. Real innovation is a function of risk and reward in a mathematical sense.
It begs the question, what does DEI mean to the issuers of this notice? Does it mean the term 'structural racism'? Does it mean 'Black Americans'? Does it mean that we can no longer do rigorous science to really understand why the devastating burden of health disparities exist in this country and around the globe?
James Davis, president of PSC, stated, "The federal funding cuts have disrupted research at CUNY... over 60 grant-funded projects had been canceled."