Just Released: The High-Stakes Hunt for Research Funds

For decades, a powerful partnership between higher education and the federal government fueled breakthroughs in national security, medicine, energy, and beyond. Today, that foundation is shifting.

Amid policy changes and funding uncertainty, universities are facing difficult choices about priorities, talent, and long-term strategy. While some research areas have weathered delays, others have been hit hard, raising critical questions about sustainability and global competitiveness.

How are recent disruptions to federal research funding reshaping the academic landscape — and what comes next?

The Chronicle’s newest report, The High-Stakes Hunt for Research Funds, explores how institutions are setting their research agenda in an uncertain funding climate.

With this report, you’ll get insights from policy experts, higher-education leaders, researchers, and critics of the current funding model to help you examine where academic research is headed.

Order your copy today to:

• Understand the immediate and longer-term effects of research-funding cuts and delays.

• Discover how funding uncertainty has begun to deter international and domestic research talent.

• Learn about alternative models that may point to a more variable, efficient funding landscape.

• Examine the legal efforts targeting indirect research costs, and how policy experts expect that battle to play out in coming years.