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Pittsburgh professors say research was weaponized in Trump’s higher education fight
Federal funding cuts by the Trump administration led to $24 million lost and 104 jobs lost in Allegheny County, limiting research on racial and gender equity, experts say.
- Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump moved to reshape federal research through executive orders and administrative steps, terminating hundreds of federally awarded research grants and reducing funding agency staff.
- University settlements with the federal government restored funding but critics say they compromised higher education's mission at Columbia University, Cornell University, and Northwestern University.
- In Pittsburgh this year researchers report that paused Ph.D. admissions, hiring freezes and layoffs cost 104 jobs and $24 million in Allegheny County, while federal agencies sent modification requests for 212 University of Pittsburgh awards and NIH grants with DEI-related keywords declined by 20%.
- Despite mounting impacts, university leaders this year issued few public statements while researchers at Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University turned to private foundations and expect no support next year.
- And more money would be lost if reduced budgets for agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation are approved by lawmakers early next year, researchers report camouflaging language deters equity-related studies and risks a generational loss.
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Pittsburgh professors say research was weaponized in Trump’s higher education fight
Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump disrupted the country’s research landscape with a series of executive orders and administrative actions aimed at slashing key funding sources and limiting the subjects of federally backed study.
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