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How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains

  • Written by Massimo Ruzzene, Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, University of Colorado Boulder
imageFederal funding cuts to the University of Colorado Boulder have already impacted research and could cause even more harm. Glenn J. Asakawa/University of Colorado

The Trump administration has been freezing or reducing federal grants to universities across the country.

Over the past several months, universities have lost more than US$11 billion in...

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