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Former NSF heads criticize funding and staff cuts at science agency
Former National Science Foundation and National Science Board leads sent a letter to congressional leadership saying the cuts ...
Alabama colleges lose $35 million for medical, science research after Trump NIH, NSF cuts
In Alabama, that means research into childhood cancer, veterans in higher education and student participation in STEM fields ...
Technological innovation has hinged on science and research funded by the U.S. government. That’s all at risk right now
With the National Science Foundation urging its employees to resign or retire, American innovation is on the line.
Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society
Another pragmatic aspect to broader impacts is that taxpayers pay for these activities, so it’s important for them, and Congress, to understand their return on investment. These broader impacts ...
The Daily Californian4h
UC joins lawsuit to block science research funding cap
This cut could potentially weaken UC’s ability to maintain its research infrastructure, lead to staffing cuts and more ...
Mother Jones4d
Scientists Deem Trump’s Latest Funding Freeze a “Slow-Moving Apocalypse”
That’s according to a scoop from the science journal Nature, which got its hands on an internal NSF email. The freeze will be ...
New America6d
NSF Funding is Key to the Biotechnology Workforce—and National Security
As the National Science Foundation faces an existential threat from DOGE and the Trump administration, Congress has yet ...
Fleet Science Center loses $3.7M grant, adding to its financial woes, as NSF slashes funding
The Trump administration has canceled a $3.7 million STEM education grant for San Diego’s Fleet Science Center, causing fresh strain at an institution that had already been reporting higher expenses ...