What’s Next For Northwestern Researchers In The Face Of Funding Cuts, Work Stoppages?

21/04/2025 12 min
What’s Next For Northwestern Researchers In The Face Of Funding Cuts, Work Stoppages?

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Episode Synopsis

Many research projects at Northwestern University are coming to a stop. The Trump administration is cutting $790 million dollars in federal funding for the university. That money would go toward a variety of research projects from developing new technologies to disease research. On top of those cuts, the U.S. Department of Defense sent more than 100 stop-work orders to university research staff. To learn more, we spoke to a Northwestern researcher being affected by cuts and work stoppages.

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