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Scripps director warns grant pauses are shrinking graduate enrollment and straining the talent pipeline
Summary
Margaret Leinen told the House Science subcommittee that recent pauses and cancellations of federal grants have forced oceanographic institutions to reduce graduate admissions about 50 percent in an informal sample, threatening the pipeline of researchers for government and industry.
Margaret Leinen, director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and vice chancellor for marine science at the University of California San Diego, told the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Environment that interruptions to federal funding are reducing academic capacity and shrinking the future workforce.
Asked by ranking members about the impact of grant pauses, Leinen said she contacted…
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