MIT Warns of ‘Striking Loss’ From Funding, Grad Enrollment Drops

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported major declines in federal research funding and graduate-school enrollment after the Trump administration targeted top colleges across the US.

Campus research funded by federal money is down by more than 20% compared with this time last year, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in a message Thursday. New awards are down by a similar amount, she said.

“Counting federal and non-federal sources together, our campus sponsored-research activity is now 10% smaller than it was a year ago,” Kornbluth said. “That is a striking loss for one of the most influential and productive research communities in ...