The University of Wisconsin-Madison has lost at least $12.6 million in anticipated research dollars after President Donald Trump’s administration recently canceled four of its research grants, part of a national crackdown on funding for transgender issues, COVID-19 and diversity.
The details, tucked into a lawsuit filed late last week, shed more light on how cuts at the National Institutes of Health, a federal agency that awards billions of dollars annually to universities, are affecting UW-Madison, one of the nation’s top research institutions.
UW-Madison officials have previously spoken broadly about possible cuts and the potential for harmful effects on lifesaving research but rejected public records requests seeking copies of stop-work orders on specific research projects. The latest legal filings provide an accounting of projects that have been halted and the dollar amounts tied to them.
In March, the National Institutes of Health began canceling active research grants in earnest, saying the projects “no longer effectuate agency priorities.” The grants targeted for cancellation, by the hundreds, related to transgender issues, COVID-19 or diversity, equity and inclusion.
——-
Grok 3 summary.
