17-04-2025
200 jobs affected at UMass Chan in Worcester due to Trump cuts
UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has laid off or furloughed about 200 employees, a spokesperson for the school confirmed to MassLive Thursday.
The layoffs were conducted to make up for a shortfall of approximately $30 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, according to UMass Chan Media Relations Specialist Hayley Mignacca.
The shortfall is due to long delays in funding new grants since the Trump administration took office in January, according to Mignacca.
Last year, UMass Chan received $193 million from the NIH but is now preparing for financial uncertainties due to the Trump administration's plan to put a 15% cap on indirect costs on all future and existing grants from the NIH.
UMass Chan could stand to lose $50 million next year as a result of this cap, according to the school's website.
The furloughs and layoffs took place across the university, according to Mignacca. UMass Chan employs nearly 6,000 people.
In response to these uncertainties, the school announced in March a hiring freeze, a spending freeze and rescinded admissions to the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
On Tuesday, Gov. Maura Healey visited UMass Chan to speak out against the decrease in funding from the Trump administration.
'The reason I am here today is because institutions like UMass Chan are under threat,' Healey said. 'These cuts don't reflect Massachusetts values. They don't reflect American values. They are not who we are.'
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