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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not trying to sound like a Cassandra, but there are no “winners” with such a capricious approach and attitude towards research funding of any kind.

Securing grants from the NIH, DOD, etc. has always been a touch-and-go proposition. No guarantees. But in an environment where all funding can be halted or altered based on the fleeting whims of people who lack curiosity or training, nobody will feel secure or optimistic.

Make no mistake about it, all universities and research institutions will experience operational and foundational losses in the long term. There may be some that will be opportunistic, but this will not last.

This was never about issues such as DEI. This has always been about control and grievance. That will be the subject line for all proposals in this administration. 
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Okay, so this administration is having the temper tantrum about research that their voters wanted.

But what does that actually mean for scientific research? Where will it be conducted and how?[/quote]

It means that there will probably be less than half as much research in this country going forward but we won’t lose the least valuable half. Just stuff at the wrong place and time. It also means training programs will be totally gutted and so your children will no longe have research opportunities. There will be classes but industry internships are extremely competitive and now that will be irrelevant. It also means that going into STEM is no longer a good career prospect and so the US is ceding the biotech and computing future to China and Europe.   [/quote]

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