Small Firms Struggle as Trump Cuts Federal Science Funding
TL;DR
Trump’s cuts to climate and other science funding have reduced federal contracts and funding for research, pushing small science-driven firms to lay off workers, seek nonfederal clients, and cope with stalled SBIR and indirect-cost cap changes as lawmakers debate the next science budget.
- Trump cut science funding. Small businesses are paying the price. Politico
- Congress defended American science. Its work is not over The Economist
- Trump tried to gut science research funding. Courts and Congress have rebuffed him. NBC News
- How Higher Ed Staved Off a Research-Funding Bloodbath — For Now The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Congress nixes Trump research funding cuts, easing fears among Mass. scientists and lawmakers The Boston Globe
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