According to College officials, 1,300 College employees and 400 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center employees’ positions are funded by federal grants and could be at risk.

The result is going to be less science, fewer breakthrough therapies, and less innovations,” said Dean Madden of Dartmouth College.

Federal funding for medical research has dropped by roughly $1 billion this year, raising alarm among universities, medical centers and lawmakers who warn the shortfall could slow progress in cancer,