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Trump Targets Top Medical Schools as Next Higher Ed Battleground
The Department of Justice has launched investigations into medical programs at Stanford, the University of California San Diego and Ohio State University, accusing them of giving a leg up to minority applicants. The administration has made similar claims about a swath of universities . But for medical schools, those accusations — and the accompanying risk to their federal funding — are an especially potent weapon.
4/8/26GAO-26-107757
STEM : Additional Data Needed on Graduate Researcher and Postdoctoral Scholar Compensation
The federal government spends billions each year on science and technology research. That includes training graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, who are critical to the future workforce… We found that the National Science Foundation doesn't collect enough data to fully analyze compensation for these researchers. We recommended that it address this issue
4/6/26NOT-OD-26-067
Implementation of Changes for Basic Experimental Studies with Humans
This Guide Notice provides implementation details to the extramural research community for applications and proposals including Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans (BESH).
4/6/26C&EN
Trump’s 2027 budget proposes deep cuts to science programs
Once again, US president Donald J. Trump seeks deep cuts across federal science programs and agencies in his budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2027. White House budget director Russ Vought oversaw preparation of the proposal, which was released on April 3 .