China is luring top scientists back from the U.S. with generous funding and strategic roles, aiming to boost its global standing in science and technology. The trend reflects growing competition with the U.S., where federal research support has waned.
Despite US President Donald Trump’s administration laying off thousands of the agency’s workers, delaying meetings to review research grants and terminating funding for some projects, the NIH seems like it will dole out its entire US$48-billion budget on deadline — by the end of the fiscal year on 30 September.
The State Small Business Credit Initiative is distributing billions in federal funds to help small businesses access capital through loans and equity investments. As one of the last pandemic-era aid programs, it aims to turn $10 billion into $100 billion in economic impact.
On September 15, the House unanimously voted to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs. Together, these programs are known as “America’s Seed Fund” because they support small businesses in developing innovations to best serve the federal government.
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce joined a regional coalition lobbying in Washington, D.C. to protect federal research funding amid nationwide budget cuts. Their efforts aim to safeguard innovation and economic competitiveness in New England.
The Detroit Regional Chamber helped organize a coalition of local chambers of commerce around the country that are descending on Capitol Hill this week to urge the release of frozen federal research dollars ― contracts funded by Congress and promised to universities but held up by the Trump administration.
The USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, once a hub of innovation, is now facing severe neglect due to budget cuts and political interference. Scientists warn that the deterioration threatens vital research on climate-resilient farming and food safety.
A U.S. House of Representatives spending committee has rejected President Donald Trump’s request to gut the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Senate appropriators came out hard in support of the National Institutes of Health, giving the agency a $400 million funding boost for the 2026 fiscal year.
Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama is sounding the alarm about “the slow disbursement rate” of National Institutes of Health funding included in the March spending bill signed by President Donald Trump.
