While National Institutes of Health research funding is still flowing to Kentucky, the uncertainty surrounding the dollars is already having effects — with the University of Louisville instituting a hiring freeze through the summer and possibly beyond.

The University of Louisville will pause hiring due to concerns about how a new NIH funding policy will impact the university's budget.

UofL also will suspend expenditures of departmental research incentive funds (D-RIF) and encourage faculty to limit expenditures of individual research incentive funds (I-RIF) citing uncertainty over Trump administration executive orders.