Recent grant cancellations and budget cuts at the National Institutes of Health jeopardize millions in research funding for new cancer treatments and tuberculosis therapies. Since January, billions of dollars in federal research funding have been frozen for prestigious universities, including Harvard and Columbia. Investigations into universities over antisemitism allegations have justified funding cuts and policy mandates. International students face scrutiny, risking deportation for protests against government interests. Academic freedoms are being threatened by attempts to impose political interference. Public apathy contributes to lawmakers ignoring these critical issues affecting scientific research funding.
The U.S. government has frozen billions of dollars in federal research funding to institutions such as Harvard University, Columbia University and Princeton University.
The administration has placed international students under scrutiny, threatening visa revocations and deportations for those participating in campus protests deemed hostile to government interests.
Collectively, we're witnessing unprecedented attempts to bully academic institutions with the administration's ideological aims, challenging long-standing norms of academic freedom.
Our elected officials should stand up for scientific research and those who produce it in the face of politically motivated attacks.
#research-funding #national-institutes-of-health #academic-freedom #political-interference #international-students
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