The Department of Government Efficiency says it slashed nearly $15 million in grants and contracts to the University of Maryland since January, according to a Diamondback analysis of data on DOGE’s website.
DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” says at least 30 grants to this university have been reduced or cut since January. Grants from the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services comprise a majority of those affected as of Wednesday.
The university confirmed that more than 60 federal research grants at this university — worth about $30 million across multiple years — were canceled as of September. But it was not aware about the DOGE cuts, so is unable to comment on The Diamondback’s finding, a Friday university statement read.
According to DOGE’s website, five grants saw cuts of more than $1 million, and the largest was an almost $3 million reduction to a Department of Homeland Security grant slated to study “terrorism and targeted violence” across the country.
DOGE is a special commission created from an executive order in January to remove fraudulent and wasteful spending at federal agencies. Nearly 40 percent of the federal grants DOGE said it has cut are not expected to save the U.S. government money, the Associated Press reported in February.
Data from the website reports DOGE slashed more than 90 percent of the funds to seven grants, four of which had all their funds terminated.
About 43 percent of grants to this university listed on DOGE’s website were reported to lose more than half their initial value.
