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Rutgers warns research, NIH grants and clinical trials are already being disrupted by federal pauses and staffing cuts

2531752 · March 10, 2025
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Rutgers officials told the joint committees that reduced federal staffing, paused grant actions and executive guidance are delaying NIH and other federal research processes, threatening clinical trials, research jobs and university services that serve millions of residents.

Rutgers University officials told New Jersey legislators that federal staffing reductions, funding pauses and uncertainty over executive guidance are causing immediate disruptions in research, clinical trials and grant administration.

Francine Pfeiffer, Rutgers' senior vice president for government relations, told the joint Senate–Assembly higher education committees that the university receives roughly $286 million a year in NIH funding and nearly $70 million from NSF. She said that across the university there are more than 4,500…

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