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May 30, 2026 MIT reported a 20 percent decline in federally funded research and a matching cut to graduate students Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure
A leading research university documented concrete harm to scientific capacity from executive politicization of federal research funding.
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- MIT reported 20 percent decline in federally funded research — MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced that federally funded research at MIT has declined by 20 percent compared to the previous year, representing a significant loss for one of the nation's most influential research institutions. The decline will also result in a reduction of approximately 500 graduate students, or about 20 percent of MIT's graduate student population. The decline reflects the impact of Trump administration policies on federal research funding.
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