{"id":83560,"date":"2025-07-08T09:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=83560"},"modified":"2025-10-09T22:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T02:06:28","slug":"why-continued-federal-research-matters","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2025\/why-continued-federal-research-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Continued Federal Research Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-text-position-x-center has-text-position-y-bottom has-tertiary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"4897\" height=\"3266\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720.jpg\" class=\"has-background-opacity has-background-opacity-70\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720.jpg 4897w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-992x662.jpg 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1984x1323.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-1499x1000.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2025\/06\/Wheelock-Forum-2025-2720-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4897px) 100vw, 4897px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photo by Dave Green <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner has-opacity-70\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Research<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy Continued Federal Research Matters\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">From real-world outcomes to future innovation, there&#8217;s a lot at stake when funding is cut<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">July 8, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-comments\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments\" class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter label has-no-comments\"><span class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter-zero\"><span>0<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/sofia-romero\/\">Sofia Romero<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Education research plays a vital role in shaping innovation, information, and equity. Federally funded studies drive real-world change in classrooms, communities, and policymaking. But as uncertainty around federal funding grows, it&#8217;s more essential than ever to understand how this research is making a difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">For this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/conversations-with-the-dean\/\"><strong>Conversations with the Dean<\/strong><\/a>, Dean Penny Bishop is joined by BU three BU Wheelock researchers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/leslie-dietiker\/\">Leslie Dietiker<\/a> is the associate dean for research and an associate professor of mathematics education; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/naomi-caselli\/\">Naomi Caselli<\/a> is an associate professor of Deaf education, and director of BU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hic\/centers-initiatives-labs\/ai-and-education-initiative\/\">AI &amp; Education Initiative<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/deafcenter.bu.edu\/\">Deaf Center<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/elizabeth-bettini\/\">Elizabeth Bettini<\/a> is an associate professor of special education. Together, they discuss the current state of federal research funding and the critical work that&#8217;s at stake if funding is reduced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Making the Case for Continued Federal Research, BU Wheelock Conversations with the Dean\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4jlweT8eIls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Highlights from the conversation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>The impact on families and communities <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Families need to know . . .what they need to do and the steps that they need to take. Clinicians and teachers and professors and the like need to be able to support families. And without that evidence-based research, kids are suffering. . .&nbsp; . These cuts are specifically happening to programs that are designed for people who are already experiencing barriers, people that are already marginalized in the science field. These are people who are already feeling the burden of cuts, generally speaking, day in and day out.<\/p><cite>Naomi Caselli<br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3>Training the next generation of researchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Our country is the leader in the world in education research\u2014we&#8217;re the leader in the world in almost every area of research. And that is because we have the institutional capacity to prepare folks through from bachelor&#8217;s to master&#8217;s to doctoral, postdoctoral, and into positions as faculty members. When these projects disappear, all those training opportunities disappear as well. . . . How are we going to develop the next generation of scholars who can keep developing knowledge?<\/p><cite>Elizabeth Bettini<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3>Studying issues that have national impact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Sometimes the argument is made that funding is just shifting from the federal government to the state level for research. And I&#8217;m concerned about that. A lot of the research . . . is targeting problems that actually are not at the state level but actually are shared across all states. It&#8217;s just not effective or efficient to have researchers in Massachusetts trying to answer the same question as in Indiana and in California, and having so many research dollars trying to answer some of &nbsp;the same questions at the local level where instead, one really well-designed project could &nbsp;answer those questions more definitively across the country.<\/p><cite>Leslie Dietiker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>Conversations with the Dean are a series of webinars hosted by Dean Bishop that explore some of the most pressing topics in education and human development. 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