Overview
- The university said Thursday it laid off roughly 110 employees, mostly in administrative roles across central administration, the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Carey Business School.
- Hopkins reported its multiyear federal research portfolio fell by more than $500 million in 2025, receiving about 43% less federal research funding and 28% fewer awards than the prior year.
- Earlier cost measures included a hiring freeze, pausing raises for salaries over $80,000, eliminating vacant posts and cutting five-year capital project spending by about 20%.
- Hopkins has moved internal money into research, announcing nearly $50 million in in-house awards and a new research fund of about $60 million a year for two years to try to sustain projects.
- This round follows the university’s much larger 2025 cuts of more than 2,000 jobs after USAID and other federal grant losses and could further erode research capacity and local jobs as the school restructures.