“Over the past few months, Kat Milligan-McClellan, a Native Alaskan assistant professor in molecular and cell biology at the University of Connecticut, has been applying for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grants for her research. Her work is mostly focused on the diversity, communities and exclusion in some communities of microbiota, which are the microorganisms of a particular site, habitat or geological period. She also studies the idea that “academia wasn’t built for people who are underrepresented in science,” and how it affects the way scientists research. “

“However, McClellan’s pursuit of these grants has been paused due to the recent executive orders set by President Donald Trump.  

In late January, Trump released two executive orders that threatened to impact research. One  froze federal funding on grants and the other is attempting to terminate DEI federal agencies.”

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Read more at The Daily Campus (March 6, 2025)