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SCIMaP co-founder and University of Pennsylvania researcher Alyssa Sinclair recently spoke with WUNC higher education reporter Brianna Atkinson about the potential impact of a 40% Trump-proposed cut to the NIH.
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Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and other NC universities are increasing how much money they put toward federal lobbying amid targeted attacks to higher education funding.
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The sudden cancellation of federal grants created after the Uvalde school shooting will halt planned expansions of school-based mental health services in North Carolina. The move has prompted pushback from state attorneys general and members of Congress.
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PBS North Carolina could lose about a quarter of its staff as a result of Congress' decision to eliminate funding for public broadcasting, but its leader says he doesn't expect to cancel locally produced shows.
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Universities across the country are bracing for the impacts of billions of dollars in federal funding cuts. Young scholars worry about how university preparations for the budget hit – from lowering graduate student admissions to freezing hiring – will impact their job outlook.
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Duke University could lose anywhere from $350 to $600 million under proposed federal budget changes.
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Charlotte-based North Carolina Humanities receives most of its annual budget—about $1.6 million—from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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The Trump administration's "Dear Colleague" letter comes at a time when N.C. universities are already paring back their diversity efforts.
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The executive orders have sent the research community into a state of confusion, concern, and anxiety. Meanwhile, some of the most powerful higher education system leaders in North Carolina have remained silent.
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The Trump administration's push to pause federal research funding raised alarm bells among administrators and faculty at North Carolina's top research universities.