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Trump Cuts $1.8 Billion NIH Grants, Halts EPA Research, Spurs Europe’s €600 Million Push to Attract Scientists

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Updated May 10, 2025, 10:56 AM

The Trump administration has terminated at least $1.8 billion in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, including over $30 million in health care grants, resulting in job losses and reduced community services. Funding cuts have also affected climate research programs, such as one at the University of Washington that supports adaptation to extreme heat and drought in the Northwest. Additionally, the administration has restricted NIH funding from being directed to international research partners, a practice that previously supported controversial projects including the Wuhan animal lab and experiments abroad. Budget reductions have also impacted the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) research division, with funding halted for studies outside health and safety.

These cuts have complicated wildfire season planning in Washington and Oregon due to fewer federal workers supporting firefighting efforts. The Trump administration has further cut funding to elite colleges over issues like pro-Palestinian activism and transgender athlete participation in women's sports. In response to the U.S. research funding environment, Europe has mobilized between €500 million and €600 million to attract and repatriate scientists globally, pledging to protect scientific freedom and lure researchers who have lost jobs or seek to leave the U.S. These developments have left U.S.-based scientists seeking opportunities abroad amid a slowdown in domestic science funding.

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The Trump administration has also cut off funding to other elite colleges over issues such as the handling of pro-Palestinian activism and transgender athletes' participation in women's sports https://t.co/s4CIwSaPBr

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The Trump administration’s slowdown in science funding has left U.S.-based scientists and researchers scrambling to find homes for promising work that could lead to medical treatments and cures. Now, many are looking abroad. https://t.co/OwmgsYLbxM

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