Science requires long-term public investment, not just short-term excellence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/japan/trump-lessons-for-japans-scientific-community/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #france #germany #okinawa #congress #nasa #nsf #noaa #oist #jrise #expertj #science

"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Congress set to reject Trump’s major budget cuts to NSF, NASA, and energy science."
https://www.science.org/content/article/congress-set-reject-trump-s-major-budget-cuts-nsf-nasa-and-energy-science

"The U.S. Congress has delivered another rebuke of President Donald Trump’s plans to slash this year’s budgets of several science agencies. Today, lawmakers hammering out final bills covering the National Science Foundation ( #NSF), #NASA science, and Department of Energy ( #DOE) research programs unveiled an agreement to spend very close to current levels."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Despite being a small organization where an NSF grant of "$1.5 million over two years would have been quite a lot of money for us," the PSF stood up for its principles. #respect
#DEI #python #values #community #NSF

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html

Despite being a small organization where an NSF grant of "$1.5 million over two years would have been quite a lot of money for us," the PSF stood up for its principles. #respect
#DEI #python #values #community #NSF

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-funding-statement.html

The admin has already terminated thousands of #research #grants at agencies like the #NSF & #NIH, including on topics like transgender health, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation & diversity, equity & inclusion.

The order could affect emergency relief grants doled out by #FEMA, #PublicSafety initiatives funded by the #DOJ & #PublicHealth efforts supported by the #CDC. Experts say the order is likely to be challenged in court.

#USpol#Trump#BrainDrain #research #progress #idiocracy #kakistocracy

The order requires all #FederalAgencies, including #FEMA, the National #Science Foundation [#NSF] & the National Institutes of #Health [#NIH], to appoint officials responsible for reviewing federal #funding opportunities & #grants, so that they “are consistent with agency priorities & the national interest.”

It also requires agencies to make it so that current & future federal grants can be terminated at any time—including during the grant period itself.

#Trump#BrainDrain #research #idiocracy

🧊 NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker | Science | AAAS

｢ The National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The move, which has so far not drawn opposition from Congress, is alarming polar scientists ｣

https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-plans-abrupt-end-lone-u-s-antarctic-research-icebreaker

#nsf #science #antarctic #climatechange

Whistleblower scientists outline #Trump’s plan to politicize and dismantle #NSF - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/whistleblower-scientists-outline-trumps-plan-to-politicize-and-dismantle-nsf/ " Trump gutting NSF will forfeit scientific leadership to #China, letter of dissent says. "

Whistleblower scientists outline #Trump’s plan to politicize and dismantle #NSF - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/whistleblower-scientists-outline-trumps-plan-to-politicize-and-dismantle-nsf/ " Trump gutting NSF will forfeit scientific leadership to #China, letter of dissent says. "

Thank you #NSF National Science Foundation for 75 years. 250 staffers were able to gather for a NON-OFFICIAL commemoration photo out to the west side of the building, May 20, 2025. Quite an effort by people who still do their best in the US at the federal level. Quite a story here, too.
https://www.science.org/content/article/photo-subversive-nsf-staff-overcome-obstacles-75th-anniversary-portrait
#Science

I appreciate the boosts on this post because I think it's important to many, many Americans that Science enriches and informs our lives, despite what the present WH administration believes. #NationalScienceFoundation#NSF #75years

Thank you #NSF National Science Foundation for 75 years. 250 staffers were able to gather for a NON-OFFICIAL commemoration photo out to the west side of the building, May 20, 2025. Quite an effort by people who still do their best in the US at the federal level. Quite a story here, too.
https://www.science.org/content/article/photo-subversive-nsf-staff-overcome-obstacles-75th-anniversary-portrait
#Science

This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts.
@WebSciDL #NEH#IMLS#NSF
https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-05-08-thank-you-to-neh-imls-dod.html

Following up on this article about #NSF - this is twice that we have learned something from a Science article before we've seen it in an internal memo. (I'm currently a Program Director/Program Officer at NSF). This is frustrating because we have *a lot* of good science work to do, and we're trying to do it but things (big things!) change so quickly that we can't be strategic. It's really hard to be reactionary all the time. This is the antithesis of "efficiency."

Of course these are my views and don't represent the agency, blah blah blah. But I think my time is limited. Until then, I'll keep doing my best to move good science forward.

I'm very, very proud of this work and of NSF! It means so much to so many of us and to our country. I would not be where I am today without NSF funded research.

😞

Exclusive: #NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-faces-radical-shake-officials-abolish-its-37-divisions

This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts.
@WebSciDL #NEH#IMLS#NSF
https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-05-08-thank-you-to-neh-imls-dod.html

Update. Noam Ross and Scott Delaney maintain a crowdsourced database of #NIH grant terminations. Extremely helpful.
https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA?Ffj6Q=allRecords

Meagan Parrish has put together a useful overview of what it contains.
https://www.pharmavoice.com/news/nih-hhs-cuts-trump-columbia-yale/746315/

Ross and Delaney also maintain a database of #NSF grant terminations. Right now it lists 501.
https://airtable.com/appGKlSVeXniQZkFC/shrFxbl1YTqb3AyOO

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards"
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/science/trump-national-science-foundation-grants.html

"In January, the #Trump administration attempted to freeze grant payments for existing awards at the #NSF. A temporary restraining order lifted the freeze. The order also said that the agency could not terminate active awards to comply with President Trump’s executive orders…In a statement on Friday, the NSF said that its grant cancellations were not in violation of the temporary restraining order. When asked by The Times to provide clarification on the legality of the grant cancellations, the agency declined to comment…On Friday, the NSF went further, canceling grants supporting ongoing research."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #USPol #USPolitics