Trump’s diversity purge freezes hundreds of millions in medical research at universities across the country

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The White House’s beef with academia may cause a longer-term drag on America’s productivity, innovation and tech leadership.

The U.S.'s leading biomedical research agency has paralysed payments to overseas research groups, putting millions of millionaire research projects on cancer, viral infections, and human genetics around the world on the eavesdropping list.

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Loading... On today's show:  Rick Seltzer, senior writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education who writes their Daily Briefing newsletter, talks about the latest news in the fights between Columbia, Harvard and other universities and the Trump administration, and how the funding cuts are hitting the schools so far. Plus, Max Kozlov, science reporter covering biomedical research at Nature, talks about his reporting on the research topics that th…

Trump’s diversity purge freezes hundreds of millions in medical research at universities across the country

Universities across the country are scrambling to comply with President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity push in an effort to hold on to hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants that fund critical medical research in areas such as cancer and maternal health.

Alabama colleges lose $35 million for medical, science research after Trump NIH, NSF cuts

Alabama universities have lost $35 million due to President Donald Trump’s recent order to cut grants that pay for research that might involve diversity, equity and inclusion.

Thousands of academics and staff at universities could lose their jobs and about 70% of South Africa's medical research capacity is under fire due to a decision by the US government, reports Willemien Brümmer.