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“It was a gut punch,” said Julie Posselt, an associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California, and a “pretty profound confirmation” that the cuts were not about science writ large. “It’s about the association of educational research with interests and values that are at odds with the administration’s priorities.”

nytimes.com/2025/05/22/science

STEM education research focuses on improving how students, from preschool to university, are trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The New York Times · Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education ResearchersBy Katrina Miller

“If the administration has any goal other than to significantly hurt the U.S. science and research system, it will not achieve that,” Rob Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, told DFD. “This isn’t about cutting a few projects that embraced radical DEI, or making some changes to get a little bit more efficiency. This is actually cutting meat and bone from the entire research enterprise.”

politico.com/newsletters/digit

"A key element of its mission has been to improve the health of underserved groups, including women, children, people of color and L.G.B.T.Q. people. That focus on 'health equity' has made the school a target of the Trump administration, which initially told some Chan researchers that their funding had been stopped because of 'amorphous equity objectives” that were “antithetical to scientific inquiry.'”

nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/harv

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health receives 59 percent of its operating revenue from the federal government and other outside sponsors.
The New York Times · Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health SchoolBy Jenna Russell
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Lawyers argue in the lawsuit that the new agency priorities noted in the form letter are not articulated in #policy or #law, & that federal #regulations do not allow for cancellations when the agency’s priorities change “post-award.” They said the rule only allows for cancellations of #grants that no longer meet the agency’s goals as stated when the grants were awarded.

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The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday by the #VeraInstitute of Justice, the Center for Children & Youth Justice, Chinese for Affirmative Action, FORCE Detroit & Health Resources in Action, asks a federal judge in Washington District Court to “declare unlawful, vacate & set aside” the cancellations that were sent to >360 awardees ending #grants worth nearly $820M midstream.

#law#Trump#DOJ

Not affiliated with this, but could be helpful for folks in these times...

The National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF) is announcing a grant cycle for 2025.

The National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF) invites USA-based libraries, archives, and nonprofit cultural institutions to apply for audio preservation grants of up to $10,000.

Due 6/25

recordingpreservation.org/prog

www.recordingpreservation.orgNRPF Grants: 2025 Call for Proposals
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@Nonilex Columbia University knuckled under to Trump's demands immediately, instead of standing up to him as Harvard did, which explains why... *checks notes* ... Columbia only lost $400 million in federal grants.

Bet that $50 million is feeling really good, huh Columbia?

If it lasts...

columbiaspectator.com/news/202

Columbia Daily SpectatorTrump administration cuts $400 million in federal funding to Columbia<i>Updated March 8 at 11:48 a.m.</i>

"The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee’s minority staff report...says that in the first three months of this year, the Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in National Institutes of Health funding for research. That figure is much higher than some separate estimates that previously suggested targeted grant terminations have affected more than $1.8 billion in NIH funding."

cnn.com/2025/05/13/health/trum

CNN · Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report saysBy Jacqueline Howard

#RevengePolitics

The #Trump admin on Tues canceled an additional $450 million in #grants for #Harvard University.

There were no new accusations leveled at Harvard in a statement announcing the latest cuts, issued by the admin’s task force on *antisemitism*. Instead, govt ofcls accused the school of not resolving the “pervasive race discrimination & antisemitic harassment” they described as “plaguing” the campus in Cambridge, Mass.

#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment
nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/poli

Harvard has rejected a list of intrusive demands from the federal government and filed a lawsuit to challenge the suspension of more than $2 billion in multiyear grants.
The New York Times · Trump Administration Cuts Additional $450 Million in Grants to HarvardBy Michael C. Bender
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Judge Illston listed services that could disappear if the offices that administer them were wiped out, including #DisasterRelief funds for #farmers after a #flood, in-person appointments for #SocialSecurity recipients to discuss their #benefits, #workplace #safety inspections in #mines & #grants that support #kindergarten programs.

Judge Illston’s order:
storage.courtlistener.com/reca

Q2 2025 grant program deadline
This year, we are running the grant program in four waves. The deadline for submissions in the second wave is quickly approaching. We will wrap up on June 1, so if you are considering participation and you have a great project in mind, please submit your application before that. Otherwise, it will be reviewed in the third wave.

For program rules and guidelines, please see t
blog.freecad.org/2025/05/09/q2
#FPA #Grants

FreeCAD News · Q2 2025 grant program deadlineThis year, we are running the grant program in four waves. The deadline for submissions in the second wave is quickly approaching. We will wrap up on June 1, so if you are considering participation…

The #Trump admin has earmarked dozens of #NationalPark Service [#NPS] #grants for elimination, including several that aim to protect #PublicLands from the effects of #ClimateChange, acc/to an internal agency document detailing the plans.

A spreadsheet of grants likely to be canceled claims the cuts could *save* $26 million by canceling grants to #universities, state #historic #preservation offices, #tribes & #YouthCorps.

#Science #ClimateCrisis #Musk #DOGE
nytimes.com/2025/05/07/climate

The Exit Glacier overlook in the Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. The sign at left marks the extent of the ice in 2010.
The New York Times · Trump Administration Is Said to Target Park Service GrantsBy Lisa Friedman