{
  "id": 13868474,
  "title": "NCAA Won’t Commit to Future Concussion Research Funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ncaa-wont-commit-to-future-concussion-research-funding",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T04:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Sportico",
    "slug": "sportico",
    "url": "https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2026/care-consortium-ncaa-funding-concussion-defense-department-1234947181/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The CARE Consortium, the concussion research alliance launched in 2014 by the NCAA and Department of Defense, is nearing the end of its current, five-year phase. And while a grant proposal is currently before the Department of Defense to extend research support for another five years, the NCAA is noncommittal about its future funding of […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}