Federal funds were the lifeblood of US scientific discovery. Where will the money come from now?

The funding geyser that propelled US medical advances for much of the past century may be drying up as the Trump administration pulls back federal research money from Harvard University and other New England institutions that have been reliable engines of discovery and innovation.

“The extent of the federal investment in research, including biomedical research, is the reason the U.S. has been dominant in research worldwide,” said Dr. Dan Barouch, head of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, whose lab helped develop a COVID-19 vaccine. “If the federal government stops supporting research, the U.S. will lose its global dominance.” Read Full Article