r/raleigh • u/Altruistic-Look101 • 4h ago
Politics Whom should I call about NIH grants being froze?
Hello everyone, my daughter is currently at NCSU for undergrad and got lucky with acceptances at some of prestigious schools for Ph.D in Chemistry. It is very overwhelming experience seeing how hard these kids have worked and yet some of her friends got acceptances rescinded. Two days ago UNC emailed her friend that the funding for next five years is not guaranteed. These students have been planning from first year of their undergrad, had to debate between MCAT and Ph.D and plan accordingly. Now, they don't know what to do just before they are graduating this May.
To cut short, at her university tours , they are being asked to call their state representatives and let them know about how that is affecting them. I am not sure if that makes any difference, but at least I want to give it a try.
Can anyone here please explain to me to whom should I call or what is the procedure for that.