Johns Hopkins University, one of the country’s leading centers of scientific research, said on Thursday that it would eliminate more than 2,000 workers in the United States and abroad because of the Trump administration’s steep cuts, primarily to international aid programs.
The cuts will involve 247 domestic workers for the university, which is based in Baltimore, and an affiliated center. Another 1,975 positions will be cut in 44 countries.
The cuts will affect the university’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, its medical school and an affiliated nonprofit, Jhpiego.
Nearly half the school’s total revenue last year came from federally funded research, including $800 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Johns Hopkins so far appears to be the most deeply affected of the major research institutions that are reeling from cuts, or the threat of cuts, to federal money that their faculties depend on to do research studies and run labs.
The Trump administration has said that it wants to make the government leaner and more efficient by, among other measures, ending financial support for the international aid program.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
