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University Spends More to Fight Funding Cuts | Charlottesville News
Universities are pouring more money into lobbying the federal government—up 25% in just one year—as federal funding cuts bite deep, costing schools like this one over $60 million in research grants. Institutions from Cornell to Penn are doing the same, scrambling to protect everything from cutting-edge research to student aid programs like Pell Grants and work-study. Behind the scenes, assistantships and lab staffing depend on these same funds, now under threat. With lawmakers proposing even deeper cuts to agencies like NIH and NSF—and removing science advisors from key boards—the future of…
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