UT Losing Federal Funding

An estimated $37.7 million in federal funding across 42 grants for the University of Tennessee System has been lost.

The majority of the cuts $31.2 million comes from eight terminated grants at the UT Institute of Agriculture. The institute houses the university’s agriculture research arm as well as its statewide educational organization providing resources to Tennessee farmers and communities in all 95 counties.

The UT school system was set to receive more than $59 million from multiple federal departments and agencies. The cuts apply to $51.4 million of that total, $37.7 million of which has not yet been spent.

Cuts include…UT’s Knoxville, a loss of $2.1 million in funding, UT Health Science Center, $2.6 million, UT Chattanooga, $1.4 million, UT Institute for Public Service, $419,107.