As government shutdown drags on US researchers find themselves caught in the crossfire
By 
Rebecca Trager2019-01-25T15:30:00
As the shutdown enters its second month many scientists have been left struggling to pay the rent or childcare as research projects flounder
All across the US, researchers whose work depends on funding from federal agencies that are closed as part of the government shutdown are suffering personally and professionally. It is not just the estimated 800,000 government employees, including thousands of scientists, who are caught in the political crossfire but researchers dependent on grants to keep their work going.