UVI Reveals Over $1.5 Million Lost in Federal Grants Terminated by Executive Orders

The University of the Virgin Islands has confirmed the loss of more than $1.5 million in active federal funding following the termination of two major grants. The cancellations, prompted by recent executive orders from the new Trump administration, impact programs in climate resilience and biomedical research—both of which the university says remain central to its mission. The impacted grants include the “Enabling Climate Smart Decisions for Agriculture and Forestry in the U.S. Caribbean” program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), with a total award of $375,841 and a remaining balance of $148,317, and the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a five-year grant originally totaling $2.2 million, with $1.4 million in remaining funds. In an official statement released Thursday, UVI President Dr. Safiya George addressed the funding cuts, emphasizing that both programs continue to reflect ...