Johns Hopkins University To Slash 2.2K Jobs Amid Federal Funding Cuts

BALTIMORE, MD — Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday it plans to cut more than 2,200 jobs after the Trump administration terminated $800 million in grants to the academic institution, according to reports.

The layoff is the largest in the university's history and includes 247 domestic U.S. workers and another 1,975 positions outside the United States, according to a Reuters report.

Some employees are in Baltimore, but most work in 44 other countries in support of the university's Bloomberg School of Public Health, its medical school and an affiliated nonprofit organization.

"This is a difficult day for our entire community. The termination of more than $800 million in USAID funding is now forcing us to wind down critical work here in Baltimore and internationally," the university said in a statement shared with Reuters.

In February, the Trump administration announced deep cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research institutions, a shift that could reduce the money going to some universities by over $100 million. Some schools have already shelved projects because of the cuts, which have been delayed temporarily by a court challenge.

Recently, President Donald Trump has also shown an appetite for targeting colleges’ funding more directly.

His administration has vowed to take federal money from colleges that defy his agenda on issues including diversity, equity and inclusion programs, transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports, and student protests that he deems “illegal.”

Earlier this week, Johns Hopkins was among 60 colleges and universities around the country that received warnings from Education Secretary Linda McMahon Monday that they could face penalties under the Civil Rights Act if they fail to protect Jewish students from antisemitism during pro-Palestinian campus protests.

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The Associated Press contributed reporting.