Cuts to federal funds possible - Gavan Gideon, Yale Daily

Yale programs that rely on research and medical funding have been forced to prepare for possible reductions in federal financial support. Though he does not expect “severe cutbacks” in federal funding, University President Richard Levin said Thursday that the nation’s current political and economic climate have put the support Yale receives from the federal government at risk. Since both the Yale School of Medicine and the University’s science and engineering programs rely heavily on federal funding, administrators have been increasingly attuned to national political volatility ever since the recession hit in 2008 — even in their regular budget planning activities. "A serious cutback would be catastrophic for the nation and seriously affect Yale,” Levin said. “It would mean a huge cutting back of research.”