{"slug": "trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai", "title": "Trump Shifts Research Funds to AI", "summary": "The Trump administration plans to redirect federal research funds toward artificial intelligence and individual scientists, moving away from universities, according to a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy report and memo released Tuesday. The directives will shape the roughly $200 billion annual federal research and development budget for the rest of President Trump's second term, potentially hurting large universities reliant on federal funding.", "body_md": "“The Trump administration plans to accelerate its overhaul of federal research by supporting more individual scientists and the use of artificial intelligence rather than universities, its latest attempt to accelerate technological discovery to combat China,” the [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-to-redirect-billions-in-research-funds-toward-ai-away-from-colleges-942dacb8) reports.\n\n“In a new report and memo released Tuesday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy argues individual scientists can help the nation move faster to use AI in scientific research. The directives from the office will help shape a roughly $200 billion annual federal research and development budget across the government for the rest of President Trump’s second term.”\n\n“The new guidance could further hurt large universities that rely on federal research funding.”\n\n[Save to Favorites](?wpfpaction=add&postid=2003534)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/07/21/trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai/", "published_at": "2026-07-21 23:15:18+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 23:39:22.515890+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Trump administration", "White House Office of Science and Technology Policy", "Wall Street Journal", "President Trump"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shifts-research-funds-to-ai.jsonld"}}