{"id":38168,"date":"2025-05-05T17:58:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38168"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:21:18","slug":"mounting-pressures-on-u-s-science-funding-and-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/mounting-pressures-on-u-s-science-funding-and-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Mounting pressures on U.S. science funding and universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With so much happening in US Federal Science Agencies, we want\u00a0to ensure you hadn\u2019t missed a selection of key developments last month:<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\">The Department of Energy\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/department-energy-overhauls-policy-college-and-university-research-saving-405-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced\u202f<\/a>\u00a0it will join the NIH in attempting to cap indirect cost rates at 15% to \u201chalt inefficient spending\u201d by universities. Recall that the NIH\u2019s effort has been\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.280590\/gov.uscourts.mad.280590.112.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocked\u202f<\/a>\u202fby a federal judge, and DOE\u2019s was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.aip.org\/fyi\/judge-blocks-doe-move-to-cut-indirect-cost-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">similarly blocked<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\">The Administration is continuing its efforts to cancel federal grants, targeting specific universities including Columbia, Cornell, Northwestern, and others. Harvard University is challenging these cuts and the associated demands the Administration is making on universities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\">NIH and other federal agencies are limiting access to scientific information for scientists working in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela. The Justice Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-implements-critical-national-security-program-protect-americans-sensitive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued an FAQ<\/a>\u00a0on these restrictions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\">The National Science Foundation\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/updates-on-priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced\u202f<\/a>\u202fthat it is terminating grants related to diversity, equity, and inclusion or combating misinformation.\u202fThis follows on similar reviews and cancelations of grant programs across the government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-level=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-listid=\"1\">Federal agencies\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.aip.org\/fyi\/agencies-closing-science-advisory-committees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/executive-orders#committees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eliminate<\/a>\u00a0\u201cadvisory committees\u201d pursuant to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/02\/commencing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a Feb. 19 Executive Order<\/a>\u00a0on reducing the Federal bureaucracy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so much happening in US Federal Science Agencies, we want\u00a0to ensure you hadn\u2019t missed a selection of key developments last month: The Department of Energy\u202fannounced\u202f\u00a0it will join the NIH in attempting to cap indirect cost rates at 15% to \u201chalt inefficient spending\u201d by universities. Recall that the NIH\u2019s effort has been\u202fblocked\u202f\u202fby a federal judge,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,102,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-advocacy","category-policy-briefing","category-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mounting pressures on U.S. science funding and universities - STM Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/mounting-pressures-on-u-s-science-funding-and-universities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mounting pressures on U.S. science funding and universities - STM Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With so much happening in US Federal Science Agencies, we want\u00a0to ensure you hadn\u2019t missed a selection of key developments last month: The Department of Energy\u202fannounced\u202f\u00a0it will join the NIH in attempting to cap indirect cost rates at 15% to \u201chalt inefficient spending\u201d by universities. 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