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Massimo Ruzzene, Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation, University of Colorado Boulder

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

Federal 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 funding, according to NPR. More than two dozen universities, including the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Denver, have been affected. Research into cancer, farming solutions and climate resiliency are just a few of the many projects nationally that have seen cuts.

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