The Trump administration’s plan to place severe limitations on what universities receive in indirect costs from grants from the National Institute of Health (though temporarily blocked*), as well as cuts the administration has made to various granting and education-related agencies, has higher education on guard, and several institutions are taking steps to limit expenditures.
Has your institution implemented admissions cuts, hiring freezes, or similar measures? Let us know in the comments.
What implications do these cuts have for what individual researchers and teachers, job candidates, and PhD applicants should be doing? Some have recommended that job candidates accept offers quickly, as it’s not unheard of, even in less chaotic times, for deans and provosts to decide they’ve spent enough money that season and to cancel searches.
Your thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
* One reader notes: “The restraining order on NIH cuts has had a limited effect because the administration ordered NIH not to publish calls in the Federal Registry, and without that, nothing can proceed.”
