ByRNZ
The Trump Administration’s spending cuts cancelled a $51,000 grant for a scientific celebration.
The event would have marked 150 years of scientific co-operation between the United States and New Zealand.
Universities New Zealand’s Chris Whelan said there are no plans for an alternative event.
The Donald Trump Administration’s spending cuts have put paid to a celebration of 150 years of scientific co-operation between New Zealand and the United States.
Universities New Zealand chief executive Chris Whelan said the organisation received notification last month that a US$30,000 ($51,580) grant for a function in Washington had been cancelled.
“Unfortunately, we received a letter advising us that under President Trump’s executive order re-evaluating and re-aligning the United States’ foreign aid, that funding was cancelled. No other reason was given,” Whelan said.