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Todd Wolfson, president of the American Assocation of University Professors, said: \u201cIt\u2019s purposeful chaos. People have been told to stop their research, some faculty have been told they have to fire postdocs and to shut down their labs, meaning time sensitive materials will no longer be usable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Bauer, a doctoral science student at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, said he will only know on payday next week whether he will receive his next monthly living allowance now that his National Science Foundation fellowship funding has been called into question.<\/p>\n
His research focuses on the physics of heatwaves and how they affect crops, people and energy demand. But he fears the climate-related topic, as well as his proposal to help retain female scientists in his field, puts his grant at risk. Climate and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes have been targeted by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the freeze I was reeling and our group chat was going a little crazy,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can imagine a situation if they do a Control F and they want to cancel the grant, they will come up with a way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harold Varmus, the Nobel Prize-winning former head of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute who is a professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, said even a couple of weeks of uncertainty would significantly delay meetings to plan research, review grant applications and delay clinical trials. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t take very long before things could be really messy,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s worrying because money is tight and it could lead to real setbacks for science and for the public which is waiting to have results.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NIH is among the largest federal funders of research, with the greatest share going to top research universities led by Johns Hopkins and the University of California.<\/p>\n
While some of the biggest recipients have other sources of research income and substantial endowments, others are more vulnerable at a time of slowing student applications.<\/p>\n
Barbara Snyder, president of the Association of American Universities, an alliance of leading research universities, said: \u201cEven a temporary stoppage of critical scientific research is a self-defeating, unforced error\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009If you are racing neck-and-neck, stepping off the track for any amount of time is a gift to your competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, warned that the broader threat of \u201cgovernmental intrusion and undue political influence\u201d risked undermining \u201cthe integrity of American higher education and scientific research\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe freeze signals a growing politicisation of higher education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201c[It] risks upending scientific advancements and impeding life-saving research.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bauer, the student in Illinois, has been seeking academic jobs focused on private universities which may have greater resources than the more vulnerable public ones. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been tough,\u201d he said. \u201cThe job market is dry for climate projects since it\u2019s unclear the extent to which the Trump administration is willing to go.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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