Free Press: U of M scientists gather coast-to-coast support in call for federal research funding to fill gap left by Trump administration cuts

Their memo urges the next federal government to remove a cap on international students and establish a “research accelerator fund” to match and incentivize provincial, business and non-profit donations.

It also calls for doubling dollars set aside for Ottawa’s Tri-Council agencies that fund research related to health, the humanities and natural sciences and engineering.

Aleeza Gerstein, an associate professor of microbiology at U of M, said she is waiting for leadership hopefuls to weigh in on the subject ahead of the April 28 election.

“We are not meeting our potential,” Gerstein said Monday.

To read the entire article, including quotes from Julie Lajoie, assistant professor at U of M who studies global infectious diseases, please follow the link to the Free Press.