Researchers at Penn and partner institutions created an interactive map showing the potential impact of proposed NIH funding cuts, estimating up to a $16 billion economic loss and 68,000 jobs eliminated nationwide. The Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP) aims to demonstrate how reduced investment in health research negatively affects both innovation and local economies. Project leaders emphasized that NIH-funded research is essential to addressing major health issues and driving everyday technological and public health advancements. Read more here and view the map here.