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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-cuts-threaten-universities-could-lead-to-lost-generation-of-scientists/

Universities Reeling from Trump Cuts Fear for a ‘Lost Generation’ of Scientists
Some conservative lawmakers are quietly urging the president to restore research funding as cuts threaten academic institutions in their states

The science-slashing blitz threatens to upend the nation's research and development pipeline and diminish the flow of innovation that has bolstered local economies and protected communities from the effects of climate change, according to former federal research chiefs.

Republicans lawmakers, who control both chambers of Congress, have largely supported the administration's science funding cuts — even as they threaten local institutions and the communities that depend on them. But some GOP senators in states with large research universities are beginning to express concern about Trump's cuts.

"We just want to make sure the money is being deployed as productively as possible," Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina told POLITICO's E&E News.

His state has seen a 25 percent cut in graduate school admissions at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a hiring freeze at North Carolina State University. Similar cost-cutting measures are expected at Duke University.

Universities and the communities they support are reeling as Trump and Musk move to cancel funding for scientific projects focused on climate change, diversity or other topics they have derided as wasteful and "woke." The administration is also trying to shut down scientific programs at EPA, NASA and other agencies that work to advance the nation's understanding of climate change.