Research at risk: fast delivery of blood transfusions, supplies for troops

Cornell researchers have been building decision-support tools, optimization methods and artificial intelligence approaches to help the U.S. Navy and Marines quickly and effectively transport people and supplies – including blood for transfusions – in the event of an overseas conflict or humanitarian disaster.

Research at risk: after-school nutrition and career readiness for NYC middle-schoolers

Funding has been cut short for a national program to help young people feed themselves and their families nutritiously.

Research at risk: stopping metastatic cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine researcher Nancy Du received a $500,000 grant from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs at the U.S. Department of Defense, but a stop-work order brought her research to a halt in April.

Research at risk: Records of enslaved people seeking freedom

A research project collecting records of freedom-seeking enslaved people in the pre-Civil War U.S. came to a halt when researchers received a stop-work order from the National Endowment for the Humanities in early May.

Research at risk: Breaking down barriers for autistic job seekers

A project examining how to help companies hire neurodivergent people has received a termination order, halting work that could have helped autistic people find jobs and employers find talent.

Research at risk: Better testing for tick-borne diseases

Unlike some current tests, new testing could provide results even before symptoms occur – and even for unknown diseases.

Research at risk: optimizing the US military’s nutritional ‘secret weapon’

A stop-work order imperils research that might enable U.S. active military members to benefit from better nutrition.

Research at risk: Building our future in space

A simulator - with real, hovering spacecraft - would have allowed researchers, companies and government agencies to test crucial space technologies, but a stop-work order from the federal government has halted construction. 

Research at risk: Keeping Navy divers safe with robot partners

Cornell researchers are working to understand how robots can assist humans in dangerous and physically challenging environments, but the project, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, has been halted by a stop-work order.