Since Trump returned to the White House, his government has cut federal research funding, withdrawn from the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement, and sought to dismiss hundreds of federal workers working on health and climate research.
“I have never been so angry,“ said Jesse Heitner, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, who joined more than 1,000 people demonstrating in the US capital.
He felt particularly incensed about the appointment of noted vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
‘Inexcusable’
“What’s happening now is unprecedented,“ said Grover, a university researcher in his 50s who declined to provide further personal details due to professional constraints.
“I’ve been around research over 30 years, and what’s going on has never happened,“ he said, adding that the “inexcusable” actions by the federal government would have “long-term repercussions.”
Many researchers told AFP about their fears about the future of their grants and other funding.
For those just getting started in their careers, the concern is palpable.
Glisson is due to defend her thesis at her program in Maryland next week, but feels apprehensive about her future beyond that, as funding for the laboratory she had planned to work for has been cut.
Instead, she has begun the process of obtaining an Irish passport.
“I want to stay and serve the United States as a United States citizen,“ she said.
“But if that option is not available to me, I need to keep all doors open.”
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