An article in Science today mentions core facilities (near the bottom) in relation to the impact of the pandemic on research: “The longer the crisis lasts, Smith notes, the larger the impact on the overall scientific workforce, from doctoral students who can’t finish their dissertations to scientists at core user facilities that no longer have customers to pay the bills.” Read the full article here - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/universities-urge-us-leaders-boost-science-budgets-15-ease-rules-cope-pandemic