From the Cornell Daily Sun: Cornell’s $60 million settlement with the Trump administration includes a unique financial provision δΈ€ a $30 million investment in agricultural research, to occur in installments over the next three years. However, it is not yet clear how exactly funds will be distributed. The settlement, which was reached on Nov. 7 after months of negotiations following the Trump administration’s decision to freeze $250 million in federal research grants and contracts from April 2025, also requires the University to pay $30 million to the federal government over the next three years. In return, the administration agreed to drop the Civil Rights complaints and investigations they had raised against the University and will restore the halted funding.
The settlement states that the agricultural investment should be directed towards “research programs that will directly benefit U.S. farmers through lower costs of production and enhanced efficiency, including but not limited to programs that incorporate AI and robotics, such as Digital Agriculture and Future Farming Technologies.”
...When asked about the purpose of the agricultural research investment and the University's plans for allocating the funds, a Cornell spokesperson referred back to the settlement FAQ page,* stating that it “includes all the information we have to share at this time.” Currently, the University is developing “a program within the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) to administer the disbursement of this funding. More information will be disseminated by the OVPR later in the year,” the Federal Agreement FAQ page states...
Full story at https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/11/where-could-cornell-s-30-million-agriculture-research-investment-from-the-settlement-deal-go.
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