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Wisconsin's major

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research university

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UW-Madison

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is grappling

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with the potential of tens

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of millions of dollars of

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cuts to federal funding.

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So, all told

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what is the hit

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to federal research funding

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at UW-Madison

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as it stands now?

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So we've experienced

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enormous delays

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and a lot of funds

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that we were expecting

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to arrive on campus.

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Nationwide

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that amounts

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to about $5 billion in

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shortfall in NIH funding

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to go to research

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institutions.

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We've been fortunate

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in some senses

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and that many of our grants

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have come through.

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However, many more

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are sitting, waiting

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where there's an expectation

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for months.

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Is some of it

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they're looking at

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research that goes to

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disadvantaged populations?

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Absolutely

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and as I think

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many of us know

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our disadvantaged

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populations are often

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the most impacted

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by various types of disease.

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And when we have

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to remove language

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related to those areas

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it actually goes against what

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the science

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is telling us by studying

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what's happening

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in those populations

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around the state

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of Wisconsin

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our rural populations

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our urban populations

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that is absolutely critical

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for us to be able

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to meet the needs of everyone

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across the entire globe

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across the entire

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United States.