NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them
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🚨 NIH Freezes Funding to Five Universities
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💰 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has frozen grant and contract payments to 🏫 Harvard, 🐻 Brown, 🧭 Northwestern, 🍎 Cornell, and 🏥 Weill Cornell Medical School, citing insufficient efforts to combat ✡️ antisemitism.
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🛑 This action halts both new funding and payments for ongoing NIH projects, impacting 🔬 researchers across various fields.
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🏛️ The Trump administration’s decision follows President Garber’s 🙅 refusal to comply with demands to alter hiring and teaching practices, leading to 👍 support from other universities.
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💸 While the exact financial impact remains unclear, the freeze includes significant projects, such as 🧫 Sarah Fortune’s 650,000 ALS research, potentially impacting 📈 research progress and 🧑⚕️ staff.
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🤔 Researchers express concerns about ⏳ project delays, 📉 potential staff layoffs, and the ⚖️ ethical implications of halting crucial research, including 🐒 animal studies and the 💡 development of crucial medical technologies.