This e-letter urges your congressional representatives in the House and Senate to oppose the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants, an illegal action that is a grave threat to the Constitution and which would decimate research endeavors at public and private universities in New York and across the country.

Without federal grants, research at public universities will grind to a halt. The National Institutes of Health and and the National Science Foundation have cancelled meetings to review grant applications. Even a temporary pause in funding can cause layoffs and seriously delay operations and the provision of public services. Research projects and other grant-funded endeavors have already been thrown into disarray, and there is widespread fear and uncertainty. Without federal support for research, life-saving studies on diseases like cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s will stop.

This e-letter urges your congressional representatives to speak up against the federal funding freeze and federal attacks on research and education. It also asks them to vote no on any budget that contains cuts to federal funding and grants, especially to vital public goods like education.

Thank you for your support!