Science funding loosens but uncertainty remains at NKU

Science funding loosens but uncertainty remains at NKU

A year after a cold front of federal mandates threatened to freeze scientific research, spring has brought a cautious thaw to university labs. Last February, as part of a broader effort to cull government spending, the Trump administration eliminated thousands of workers at key federal science agencies including NASA, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) — entities and programs NKU researchers rely on…