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Scholarship & Research

Our news, opinion, and advice stories about scholarship and research answer your questions, like:


  • What is the latest trend or scandal in your field’s research?
  • How can you maximize your research time as a scholar?
  • Who are the scholars shaping the work your field?
Stuck in limbo
By Stephanie M. Lee July 8, 2025
Under Trump, their grant applications disappeared. What now?
Newly Updated
By Chronicle Staff July 7, 2025
The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.
Broken Promise
By Karin Fischer July 7, 2025
Someday, in the not-so-distant future, Americans may find themselves on the sidelines of science.
Research Expenses
Text by Jennifer Ruark, photographs by Ash Ponders, video by Ash Ponders and Michael Theis, interactive by Ron Coddington July 3, 2025
Cancer research is expensive. Here are the price tags.
Dreams Deferred
By Megan Zahneis July 3, 2025
Budding academics are delaying their graduate studies, continuing them abroad, or forgoing them entirely.
'A Lot Less Complicated'
By David Jesse June 27, 2025
A small number of colleges have long refused federal funds due to their religious identities or a desire to stay lean. Here’s how they balance their budgets.
The Review | Opinion
By Robert M. Kaplan June 20, 2025
The system no longer works for anyone except corporate publishers.
Flip-Flop
By Stephanie M. Lee June 18, 2025
In a confusing turn of events, the National Institutes of Health told staff that it would free up some frozen funding to the Ivy League campus — then quickly backtracked.
The Review | Essay
By Carly Anne York June 18, 2025
Basic research and the value of curiosity.
Policy 'Whiplash'
By Theo Scheer June 17, 2025
Scientists and institutions are struggling to navigate new conditions for receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.