Carnegie Mellon lays off 10% of research staff amid funding shifts: Can universities stay innovative in uncertain times?

Carnegie Mellon University has laid off 75 staff members at its Software Engineering Institute due to disruptions in US federal research funding. The job cuts follow a $33 million university-wide cost reduction and concerns over proposed 15% caps on indirect research cost reimbursements. SEI, a major research centre funded by the US Department of Defense, is affected by declining grant pipelines and graduate tuition revenue shortfalls, as reported by Higher Ed Dive.

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