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Message from the IS-MPMI President

Recent workforce reduction and spending freezes enacted by the U.S. Federal Government are having far-reaching negative effects on science. Some of our member group leaders in the U.S. Federal Government lost their jobs last month. This has left students, postdocs, and staff adrift and disrupted collaborations around the world. Most of our postdoc members in federal labs have also were fired. Although there have been court-ordered reinstatements, these are temporary, and the future is uncertain.​ Some universities have decided not to admit new graduate students this cycle, and several have frozen hiring. U.S. investigators have received stop work orders on projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and proposal review has been paused for many federal funding programs. These are extraordinary and challenging times.