"For Whitlock and other Canadian scientists who have collaborations with US partners, the past ten months have been turbulent. With US scientific agencies such as the NIH, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeing billions of dollars in funding cuts and job losses under the administration of US President Donald Trump, the effects have also been felt in Canada. There, cancelled projects and uncertainty have caused scientists and academics undue stress."
"Among some US federal grant agencies, it can be difficult to see where the funding goes in Canada and who receives it, says Félix Proulx-Giraldeau, interim executive director at Evidence for Democracy in Ottawa, which promotes scientific evidence in governmental decision-making. He adds that whereas the NIH has "gold-standard" transparency about funding recipients, information on grants from organizations such as the EPA and the US National Science Foundation can be harder to keep track of."
Children at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto access promising cancer trials, including ones run by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, a 15-centre US–Canada network funded by the NCI. In August, news emerged that the consortium would stop enrolling patients across North America after the NCI decided to end federal funding beyond March 2026. The closure will begin across the US and Canada and is expected to disrupt patient access and collaborative research. Broader funding cuts and job losses at US agencies such as the NIH, NOAA and EPA have led to cancelled projects and uncertainty in Canada. Tracking total Canadian losses is difficult because some US agencies lack transparent grant records.
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