Becker's Healthcare March 19, 2025
Of the $400 million in federal funding cut from Columbia University in March, $250 million was tied to National Institutes of Health grants, leaving researchers reassessing which studies and programs will continue, The New York Times reported March 18.
The $400 million in cuts were announced by the White House on March 7. The NIH detailed the research cuts March 10, citing directives from the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
“The cancellations are due to Columbia University’s continued inaction in the face of persistent harassment of Jewish students,” the NIH wrote in a March 10 post on X.
More than 400 NIH grants were terminated, including numerous large-scale studies involving other universities. The cuts have...
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