From the Bruin: Federal funding cuts and tight budgets will lead to fewer opportunities for undergraduates looking to do research in UCLA labs. Around $584 million in federal research funding – totaling about 800 grants – was suspended from UCLA on July 30 and July 31. While a federal judge ruled that the grants from the National Science Foundation must be reinstated by Aug. 19, the grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy remain suspended.
In an email sent to students in some physical science departments, Britney Robinson, the special advisor on community and belonging for the Division of Physical Sciences, said research opportunities for undergraduate students will be severely limited as a direct result of the loss of federal funding. “This will drastically limit capacity for research labs to undertake undergraduates in their labs due to cuts in funding,” Robinson said in the email. “This may also cause (and has already caused) some programs and centers to close and may cause some staff to be laid off.” ...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2025/09/01/federal-funding-cuts-drastically-limit-undergraduate-research-opportunities.
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