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

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

Update. "Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01263-0

"All new research grants have been frozen at the US National Science Foundation ( #NSF) — an action apparently ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency ( #DOGE)… Documents seen by Nature show that two members of DOGE…have been given access to grant management systems and used that access to prevent grants from receiving funding that were already approved but awaiting finalization. 'That, of course, raises the hairs on the back of our neck in a worrisome way,' an NSF programme officer says."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "The #Trump administration’s cuts have slowed operations in #Antarctica to a crawl. Scientists warn that #climate research conducted there is vitally urgent. Despite this, the #NSF is preparing for an operational retreat from Antarctica."
https://explorersweb.com/new-funding-cuts-forcing-u-s-researchers-out-of-antarctica/

PS: This one is more personal for me. In 1996 I visited Palmer Station, an NSF-funded base for polar biology on Anvers Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, and had a wonderful talk and tour with its director, Polly Penhale.

#DefendResearch #Funding #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "The National Science Foundation ( #NSF) has abolished its chief mechanism for getting the scientific community’s input on its programs."
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-scraps-most-outside-advisory-panels
( #paywalled)

#DefendResearch #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. The American Physical Society (#APS, @apsphysics) is running a survey on the impact of cuts to US science #funding. Please take it if you're affected or likely to be affected.
https://apsphysics.fillout.com/t/6ESUva3vwGus

"This survey collects stories showcasing the transformative positive impact of #NSF, #NIST, #DOE, #NASA, and #DOD-funded research and programs as well as what would be lost if support for basic research evaporates. You can document your experiences and share how recent executive actions have impacted you. Individual stories will be only be used publicly with permission or when fully anonymized."

#DefendResearch #Trump#USPol#USPolitics

Update. "White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation"
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/

" 'This kind of cut would kill American science and boost #China and other nations into global science leadership positions,' [said] Neal Lane, who led the #NSF in the 1990s during Bill Clinton's presidency."

PS: I've never liked #nationalist arguments for funding or fostering science. Science is international. But the #Trump admin is putting us in a dilemma. Either we see deep cuts in US science funding. Or we use nationalist arguments to avert those cuts.

There are non-nationalist arguments to fund US science. For example, good science is usually expensive and those who do it well should be funded for the benefit of all. Unfortunately that argument is not likely to work on Trump admin officials. It's not US-specific and applies everywhere, even in China.

#Nationalism#USPol#USPolitics

"In a radical break with tradition, the National Science Foundation (#NSF) this week began to search through billions of dollars of #grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald #Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway, wreaking havoc across the academic research community."
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-starts-vetting-all-grants-comply-trump-s-orders

#Censorship#ScholComm#USPol#USPolitics