It just makes no sense at all. I can't understand why the government would do this, because the research that's in place will be lost. It's important to farm security, to food security, and to our future investment in research. And the government, just like that, cuts it off. It makes no sense at all.
The second area of projects is intellectual property. There are 18 projects under that area.
I've seen from past experience that when these programs are cut, not only do you lose the investment going forward, you lose the investment you've made in the past. You also usually lose researchers.
What will happen to the researchers and the coordination across the university system as a result of these cuts by the government?