The Trump administration is making significant budget cuts and shifting priorities at the National Science Foundation (NSF), claiming to save taxpayer money and eliminate diversity and inclusion efforts. Leaders in higher education warn these changes threaten the agency's crucial role in research funding. Reports indicate the NSF has halted funding actions and is requiring rigorous screening of grant proposals for alignment with new priorities, which could compromise decades of merit-based review processes. Additionally, the proposed cut in NSF funding could drastically decrease its budget from $8.8 billion to $3.9 billion by 2026, potentially crippling essential research activities.
The NSF's ability to support groundbreaking research and nurture the next generation of scientists is under threat from the Trump administration's drastic budget cuts and policy changes.
NSF employees are now tasked with screening grant proposals for alignment with the agency's new priorities, which many fear undermines the merit review process established over decades.
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