Follow COGR on LinkedIn3/20/26Inside Higher Ed
‘Unusually Steep’ Decline in U.S. University Autonomy, Index Shows
The AFI covers both individual and institutional dimensions of academic freedom , such as freedom to research and teach, campus integrity, and freedom of academic exchange. It is built on peer-reviewed methodology and draws on the expertise of 2,357 scholars worldwide
3/20/26The Scientist
Facing the New Reality of NIH Funding
New federal policies have created a temporary drop in new NIH awards that is challenging America’s biomedical research community
3/19/26
National survey of NIH-funded researchers shows precarious state of U.S. science — ‘This is like the Titanic’ (STAT)
A nationwide STAT survey of federally funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, many academic scientists are reeling. Rather than waning, the impacts of the administration’s seismic changes to science funding are intensifying, causing researchers to drastically scale back the ambition of their work and driving some to shut down their labs entirely.
3/18/26Nature
Daily briefing: Funding calls plummet as NIH turns away from agency-directed science
The US National Institutes of Health will now focus on ‘unsolicited’ research proposals driven by the interests of individual scientists. Plus, the oldest known recording of a whale’s song and how tiny electric vehicles can help to change the world.
3/17/26STAT
NIH will spend its full budget this year, agency director promises House appropriators
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya promised a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that, despite the sluggish pace of grant awards , the agency will spend its full budget by the end of the 2026 fiscal year
3/17/26The Transmitter
Neuroscientists challenge NIH’s proposed human-data access policy
The neuroimaging community is pushing back against a new U.S. policy proposal that would require federally funded researchers to share data only through controlled-access repositories.