Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
The White House pause on federal grants is unprecedented and highly disruptive to the entire scientific community. The Administration has frozen previously approved and authorized funds, including reimbursements for funds already spent. These disruptive choices will impact students and trainees who rely on grants, funded investigators, and patients waiting for critical discoveries and treatments, in addition to having an economic impact for employees and employers at universities and organizations that are economic drivers in the U.S. We urge the Administration to lift this freeze expeditiously, along with restoring vital public communications for national health agencies, to allow the work of the scientific enterprise to continue. This is vital to the health and security of our nation.
