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Chancellor outlines national advocacy, PIVOT initiative and contingency planning for research funding shifts
Summary
Chancellor Joan Gabel told trustees the university is pursuing advocacy, litigation support, PR campaigns and a new PIVOT effort to diversify research funding amid federal policy changes and emerging proposals affecting research support.
Chancellor Joan Gabel told the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees on July 11 that the university is pursuing a multi‑pronged strategy to protect and sustain its research enterprise amid changes in federal research policy and funding.
Gabel told trustees the university's response includes one‑on‑one advocacy with federal and state elected officials and agency leaders, coordinated action with peer institutions through national organizations, litigation or amicus briefs where appropriate, and public communications. She described national and campus communications efforts: at the national level the Association of American Universities is circulating a campaign called "Breakthroughs," and…
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