Not quite but close . . .
Here's the quote that might also signal a pretty bad case of TDS all the way around . . .
The administration has terminated or frozen thousands of grants without warning. It has moved to drastically limit what research institutions can spend on facilities and support staff, which could devastate university budgets. It has also proposed slashing future funding to the National Science Foundation (NSF) by 56% and cutting funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which includes the National Cancer Institute, by nearly 40% . . .
Top scientists warn that the new priorities mean that rather than unraveling mysteries about devastating diseases and looking for cures, scientists are spending time trying to claw back lost funding, stop future losses and, like the cancer center’s experience, parse words in grant applications to avoid upsetting the bureaucrats in charge.
“This is not productive,” Dr. Roy Jensen, director of the cancer center, said during a recent interview in his office on the KU Medical Center campus in Kansas City.
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Lives in the balance: Kansas City's top cancer researchers worry about federal funding cuts doing lasting damage
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