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UCSB Town Hall Highlights Impact of Federal Budget Cuts on Research

Federal budget cuts have led to termination of numerous UCSB research projects and layoffs, affecting nearly 660 graduate and postdoctoral students funded by federal grants.

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Novel therapeutics for lethal, chronic diseases. Containment of a particularly aggressive brain cancer. Technology that helps to determine the habitability of Europa. Imaging techniques to uncover tectonic activity deep beneath our feet. This is just a tiny sample of the UC Santa Barbara research projects abruptly terminated by a slew of deep budget cuts to the federal agencies that support them. These and future budget cuts for science research…

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The Santa Barbara Independent broke the news in on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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