200 laid off or furloughed at UMass Medical due to NIH cuts

Massachusetts medical school lays off, furloughs 200 workers amid NIH funding cuts

UMass Chan Medical School has laid off or furloughed 200 employees, as the campus grapples with cuts to NIH research and federal funding uncertainty. The medical school, which received $193 million in National Institutes of Health funding last year, is now reportedly facing a $30 million shortfall in NIH funding due to long delays in funding new grants since the Trump administration took over. UMass Chan as a result of the shortfall and uncertai…

200 jobs affected at UMass Chan in Worcester due to Trump cuts

About 200 UMass Chan Medical School employees have been laid off or furloughed due to a $30 million shortfall in funding from the National Institutes of Health.

200 laid off or furloughed at UMass Medical due to NIH cuts

All hiring and discretionary spending at UMass Chan Medical School has been paused, and the incoming class size has been significantly reduced at its Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Governor Healey warns federal cuts risk 'lifesaving work' at UMass Chan

UMass Chan recently cut class sizes and paused faculty recruitment amid the uncertainty, as the school relies heavily on NIH funding.

UMass medical school has laid off 200 due to regime's anti-science push; Harvard Medical School braces for cuts

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester reports it's had to lay off some 200 employees since the regime has begun withholding previously approved grants from medical research facilities across the country,  it's had to  - in addition to rescinding acceptances to graduate biomedical-research students.  The Crimson reports Harvard Medical School leaders warned of dire cuts they could soon have to make there as what passes for a government vents its…