3/3/26: Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers (Science) The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has delayed posting calls for new grant applications for so long that large academic research programs may not have their funding renewed until next year—assuming those notices are approved at all. The slowdown comes on top of concerns that the White House is blocking NIH from spending its congressionally approved budget for the current fiscal year, which ends on 30 September. https://www.science.org/content/article/delays-grant-awards-and-funding-calls-worry-nih-researchers
See also: Trump Administration Funding Delays Worry NIH Grant Recipients (Bloomberg Law) https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/trump-administration-funding-delays-worry-nih-grant-recipients-23?context=search&index=6
3/3/26: How Trump Keeps Withholding Money After Being Sued 198 Times (New York Times) President Trump has tried to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding to coerce states, punish opponents, remake programs and impose his views. His targets have repeatedly sued to stop him, and the courts have repeatedly rebuked him — only for the president to try again and again. Take just these seven cases, all of them tied to the administration’s efforts to block funds from “sanctuary” communities, those that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/03/upshot/trump-funding-lawsuits.html
3/3/26: Florida Board Approves Ban on H-1B Visas (Inside Higher Ed) Earlier this year, Florida governor Ron DeSantis asked the board to ban the use of H-1Bs in order to “make sure our citizens here in Florida are first in line for job opportunities” and to limit professors coming from China and elsewhere. During the pause, the chancellor’s office will study the use and costs of H-1Bs at public institutions. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/03/03/florida-board-approves-ban-h-1b-visas
2/27/26: White House stalls release of approved US science budgets (Nature) Weeks after the US Congress rejected unprecedented cuts to science budgets that the administration of US President Donald Trump had sought for 2026 , funding to several agencies that award research grants is still not freely flowing. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00601-0
2/26/25: Private money cannot replace public funding of science (Science) Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particularly hard-hit by Trump administration cuts— a task force has been created to foster “Strategic Public Private Partnerships” with pharmaceutical companies to tackle major health threats. Some have even argued that private funding is superior , maintaining that it is more flexible, less prone to groupthink, and reduces the “burden” on taxpayers. But can the private sector really replace public funding? History suggests not. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aef2849
