U.S. Institute of Peace staff receive termination notices, sources say

Staff members at the U.S. Institute of Peace were informed they were terminated effective immediately on Friday, three sources familiar with the situation told CBS News.  It was not immediately clear if the terminations affect the entire organization but one source said the terminations impact the vast majority of the nonprofit, including multiple departments at

NIH Cuts Absorbable Without Hobbling Research in Higher Education: Policy Experts

Universities see the nation’s status as a research leader at stake, while supporters of the cuts say untraceable indirect research costs can be a gravy train. Dozens of prestigious universities sounded the alarm after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) capped overhead costs of taxpayer-funded research grants at 15 percent to reduce government spending. These

Three-Quarters of US Scientists in Nature Poll Consider Leaving the Country

According to a new survey, cuts to federal research funding have led many researchers to explore opportunities abroad. A majority of U.S.-based scientists who responded to a new poll by Nature said they are considering leaving the country in response to sweeping changes in federal research policy and funding under President Donald Trump’s administration. Of