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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 8/19/26AIP Report Shows National Academies Spending Drop as Trump Threatens Funding The National Academy of Sciences cut back spending on federally sponsored studies in 2025, according to a  financial report   the Academy released July 31. The reductions came as the Trump administration canceled science grants and promoted spending cuts at federal…

Follow COGR on LinkedIn 8/17/26Inside Higher Ed NIH Proposes Removing Peer Review Scores From Grant Applications National Institutes of Health has proposed changing how it evaluates grant applications in a way that would make the process more opaque. Officials want to remove traditional peer-review application scores and replace them with three broad categories: “most competitive”…

Follow COGR on LinkedIn August 2026: NIH issues  FAQs  on the application of Grants Policy Notice  NOT-OD-26-072 8/13/26The Chronicle, Opinion Linda McMahon Wants Higher Ed to Reform Itself. Here’s How to Respond. Is this an olive branch or a Trojan horse? This is what higher ed is debating. But it’s the wrong question. See also…

Follow COGR on LinkedIn 8/12/26Inside Higher Ed The Groups Pushing Back on McMahon’s ‘Call to Action’ As university leaders announce plans to consult faculty on how to respond to the education secretary’s questions, two groups call for unity and resistance. PoliticoSee also See also: The coming resistance to Trump’s higher ed agenda 8/11/26The Hill OMB…

Follow COGR on LinkedIn 8/10/26Inside Higher Ed How Should Leaders Respond to McMahon’s Letter? Unlike last year’s “ Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education ,” McMahon’s letter appears to hold no direct bearing on institutions’ research funding. And this time around, the department consulted several university leaders when designing its invitation. But higher education…