Wisconsin's major
research university
UW-Madison
is grappling
with the potential of tens
of millions of dollars of
cuts to federal funding.
So, all told
what is the hit
to federal research funding
at UW-Madison
as it stands now?
So we've experienced
enormous delays
and a lot of funds
that we were expecting
to arrive on campus.
Nationwide
that amounts
to about $5 billion in
shortfall in NIH funding
to go to research
institutions.
We've been fortunate
in some senses
and that many of our grants
have come through.
However, many more
are sitting, waiting
where there's an expectation
for months.
Is some of it
they're looking at
research that goes to
disadvantaged populations?
Absolutely
and as I think
many of us know
our disadvantaged
populations are often
the most impacted
by various types of disease.
And when we have
to remove language
related to those areas
it actually goes against what
the science
is telling us by studying
what's happening
in those populations
around the state
of Wisconsin
our rural populations
our urban populations
that is absolutely critical
for us to be able
to meet the needs of everyone
across the entire globe
across the entire
United States.