President Trump's second-term budget request will significantly impact federal agencies, particularly the National Science Foundation (NSF), which may face severe budget cuts of up to 66 percent. Assistant director Susan Margulies forewarned staff about possible layoffs affecting a significant portion of their workforce. The NSF's budget, previously around $9 billion, could plummet to as low as $3 billion, echoing Russ Vought's past recommendations to reduce funding, emphasizing a shift towards evaluation-based grant allocation, distancing from ideological underpinnings in research funding.
During an emotional all-hands meeting on Tuesday, the agency's assistant director, Susan Margulies, told agency employees to expect between a quarter and a half of its staff to be laid off within the coming months.
In recent years, the National Science Foundation has received an annual budget of approximately $9 billion, the vast majority of which is spent on research and research-related activities.
Such a massive cut is not out of line with a proposal made by Russ Vought for the fiscal year 2023 budget as part of his Center for Renewing America.
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