President’s Budget; NIJ; Geospatial Symposium
BU IN DC
Molly Heald (SSW’26) of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health attended the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy’s Social Work Day on the Hill and Student Advocacy Day on March 25th and 26th.
TRUMP’S PROPOSED BUDGET SUPPORTS PELL GRANTS, CUTS RESEARCH FUNDING
On Friday, the White House released the President’s Budget Request to Congress for fiscal year 2027. For the second consecutive year, President Donald J. Trump is recommending reductions in funding for scientific research and student aid, despite lawmakers rejecting similar cuts last year. The Request asks Congress to make these funding changes:
- National Institutes of Health: 12% cut and the elimination of the National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities, the Fogarty International Center, and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
- National Science Foundation: 54% cut and the elimination of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.
- Pell Grant: Maintain the maximum Pell Grant award at $7,395.
- Federal Work-Study: 90% cut.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science Mission Directorate: 46% cut.
- Department of Energy: 15% cut.
- Institute of Education Sciences: 67% cut.
- National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts: Closing the agencies.
Congress will respond to the President’s Budget Request with its own spending bills this summer.
Read the budget proposal
GRANT NEWS YOU CAN USE
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released three funding opportunities, the first solicitations posted by the office since January 2025. The agency requests proposals related to Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women; Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults; and the Graduate Research Fellowship. Letters of intent are encouraged for some of the opportunities, and all have May deadlines. More NIJ funding notices are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
EVENT NEWS YOU CAN USE
Join BU colleagues at the University’s first Geospatial Data & Technologies Symposium on April 22nd between 12 and 4 p.m. at the Wightman Mansion at 43 Hawes Street. This event is for anyone at BU who uses geospatial data and technologies in their work or is interested in learning more about how geospatial data and technology are applied at BU. Panel discussions, poster sessions, presentations, and discussion groups will facilitate the exchange of ideas about geospatial use at BU and create a community of practice in this space.
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