San Diego Freeze - Part 2

From the Union-Tribune: Reeling from hundreds of millions in potential budget cuts, UC San Diego has decided it can’t and won’t guarantee that the first-year graduate students who enroll this fall will get their full stipends and tuition. The university is sending admissions letters to prospective students with a newly-added clause that says, “The funding commitment stated in this letter may be modified, reduced, or rescinded and is not guaranteed.”

It’s a startling departure for UCSD, which last year pulled in about $2.3 billion in research grants and philanthropic gifts. The school has long guaranteed full stipends and tuition for doctoral and master of fine arts students.

...UCSD has said it expects a $55 million state budget cut, based on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget, and at least $150 million in cuts from the National Institutes of Health. The campus gets, on average, about $50 million a month from the agency.

Funding from the National Science Foundation could also be cut, and the NIH has begun to cancel active research grants in areas the Trump administration opposes... The university, which has more than 41,000 workers, has already frozen most faculty hiring and done the same for staff, except for those working in the university’s huge health care system...

Full story at https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/08/ucsd-facing-federal-cuts-will-no-longer-guarantee-funding-for-incoming-grad-students/.