Graduate student advocacy groups were central to designing the program, which provides a semester of funding if a trainee needs time to find a new mentor.
Many US educational institutions, from preschools to universities, are opening this fall in the midst of a global pandemic that threatens much more than our health.
Some in-person instruction will be required to maintain a student visa, and universities must tell the US government of their plans to open by July 15.
School shutdowns might have a relatively small effect on preventing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, a new meta-analysis suggests, though the preliminary data point to the need for more studies.
The US Department of Education is looking into allegations that the institutions failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts from other countries.