US Science Program Cuts, Other Changes Chill Work with Canadian Researchers

US science program cuts, other changes chill work with Canadian researchers

Trevor Pitcher's students at the University of Windsor's Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research have made breakthroughs in the international effort to restore sturgeon populations in the Great Lakes.

CU Boulder’s CIRES suffers layoffs due to lack of federal funding at Boulder NOAA

About 25 University of Colorado Boulder researchers have been laid off this year due to a lack of funding for research projects at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The laid-off employees worked for CU Boulder’s CIRES, or the Cooperative Institute for Research In Environmental Sciences. CIRES has a cooperative agreement with NOAA where CU Boulder researchers work side-by-side with NOAA researchers in NOAA labs in Boulder to st…

Environmental researchers grapple with federal funding changes

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has seen $4 million in federal awards either paused or cancelled by the Trump administration since February. Photo by Emmett Gartner.A University of Maine initiative exploring ways to bring renewable energy to Indigenous and rural communities was gaining momentum this spring when the Trump administration abruptly cancelled its $1 million federal grant. The Environmental Protection Agency award is one of dozen…

Further research funding losses prompt researcher appeals and institutional mitigation efforts

Since the spring semester, federal research funding at Pitt has taken more hits — more research grants have been terminated, more millions have been lost, and more terminations have been appealed. As a result, University administration has increasingly taken mitigation measures through internal and external support. In a virtual Pitt town hall on June 11, Rob Rutenbar, senior vice chancellor for Research, reported that Pitt has lost about $42 mi…