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The vast majority—97% this year—come from outside the US, & its grads have gone on to serve in foreign govts, courts & other key positions around the world.
Those #LLM #students would be shut out entirely under #Trump's #InternationalStudents ban. Tuition for the LLM program at #Harvard is set at $80,760 next year, acc/to the school's website. With ~52% of LLM students receiving some need-based #grants, the program likely generates about $11M in tuition.
#Trump #law #immigration #AcademicFreedom

Sigh.. did 90% of the questions on a funding application online.. saved it but got no email confirmation or link to continue form.. have to submit it by noon tomorrow but can't access the saved form. Have tried to re-register but it says a form already in progress so won't let me do it again. I do have all the important text saved elsewhere but it's an absolute pain in the arse to restart from scratch .. will be a late night tonight and will end up creating a word file to put the answers in because their system is not functioning. You would not believe how often this happens.. especially with smaller funders. Off to pub with relatives for a meal and quiz..may be easier to redo this after a few pints! #grants #charity #funding

"The #LandTrust Alliance & Open Space Institute are offering #grants through the 2025 Land & Climate Grant Program to support land trusts in #LosAngelesCounty. These grants aim to integrate #climate change considerations into land conservation, stewardship, policy, or communications plans, focusing on issues such as habitat resilience, carbon mitigation, renewable energy siting, & community adaptation to climate impacts like extreme #heat, #drought, & #wildfires. "

landtrustalliance.org/resource

"Many residents are proud of the internationally recognized research unfolding at the National Institutes of Health facility and acknowledge that Rocky Mountain Labs has become an economic driver for Hamilton. But a few locals resent what they consider the elitest scientists at the facility...Or they fear the contagious pathogens studied there could escape the labs’ well-protected walls."

kffhealthnews.org/news/article

KFF Health NewsFederal Cuts Ripple Through a Bioscience Hub in Rural Montana - KFF Health NewsThe National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana, is one of only a few dozen research facilities of its type. The threat of staffing and grant cuts has town leaders worried and has added to long-standing tension around the lab’s presence in this politically conservative region.

"Baylor College of Medicine is ending a 25-year partnership with a nonprofit that provides medical care for Houston’s homeless population...the relationship began to sour in recent months, as Baylor began cutting back expenses in response to federal funding disruptions, and Healthcare for the Homeless’ debt began to mount, according to court documents."

🎁: houstonchronicle.com/news/hous

“It was a gut punch,” said Julie Posselt, an associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Southern California, and a “pretty profound confirmation” that the cuts were not about science writ large. “It’s about the association of educational research with interests and values that are at odds with the administration’s priorities.”

nytimes.com/2025/05/22/science

STEM education research focuses on improving how students, from preschool to university, are trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The New York Times · Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education ResearchersBy Katrina Miller

“If the administration has any goal other than to significantly hurt the U.S. science and research system, it will not achieve that,” Rob Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, told DFD. “This isn’t about cutting a few projects that embraced radical DEI, or making some changes to get a little bit more efficiency. This is actually cutting meat and bone from the entire research enterprise.”

politico.com/newsletters/digit

"A key element of its mission has been to improve the health of underserved groups, including women, children, people of color and L.G.B.T.Q. people. That focus on 'health equity' has made the school a target of the Trump administration, which initially told some Chan researchers that their funding had been stopped because of 'amorphous equity objectives” that were “antithetical to scientific inquiry.'”

nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/harv

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health receives 59 percent of its operating revenue from the federal government and other outside sponsors.
The New York Times · Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health SchoolBy Jenna Russell
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Lawyers argue in the lawsuit that the new agency priorities noted in the form letter are not articulated in #policy or #law, & that federal #regulations do not allow for cancellations when the agency’s priorities change “post-award.” They said the rule only allows for cancellations of #grants that no longer meet the agency’s goals as stated when the grants were awarded.

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The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday by the #VeraInstitute of Justice, the Center for Children & Youth Justice, Chinese for Affirmative Action, FORCE Detroit & Health Resources in Action, asks a federal judge in Washington District Court to “declare unlawful, vacate & set aside” the cancellations that were sent to >360 awardees ending #grants worth nearly $820M midstream.

#law#Trump#DOJ

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The #Peace #Psychology Digest
Issue 8
May 20, 2025

“Pathways to Just Peace” Small #Grants Program: Call for #Project #Proposals
Our Society invites member applications for this program, which supports research,
educational initiatives, and community projects that advance the principles of justice as
an essential foundation for peace. The** #deadline for #submissions is June 15.**

peacepsychology.org/peace-psyc

Not affiliated with this, but could be helpful for folks in these times...

The National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF) is announcing a grant cycle for 2025.

The National Recording Preservation Foundation (NRPF) invites USA-based libraries, archives, and nonprofit cultural institutions to apply for audio preservation grants of up to $10,000.

Due 6/25

recordingpreservation.org/prog

www.recordingpreservation.orgNRPF Grants: 2025 Call for Proposals
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@Nonilex Columbia University knuckled under to Trump's demands immediately, instead of standing up to him as Harvard did, which explains why... *checks notes* ... Columbia only lost $400 million in federal grants.

Bet that $50 million is feeling really good, huh Columbia?

If it lasts...

columbiaspectator.com/news/202

Columbia Daily SpectatorTrump administration cuts $400 million in federal funding to Columbia<i>Updated March 8 at 11:48 a.m.</i>