"Last year we were warning people. We were concerned about politicization of science, we were concerned about political interference and censorship, we were concerned about vaccines and public health. Pretty much everything that we warned about has happened, which is extraordinarily unfortunate."
"Since the first Stand Up for Science rally took place on March 7, 2025, the Trump administration has moved to slash government research funding and grants, downsize federal science agency staff, overhaul the nation's public health policies, roll back regulations designed to fight climate change, and more."
Stand Up for Science is organizing its second nationwide rally on March 7, with demonstrations planned in 50 locations across the United States, including major cities like Washington D.C., New York, and Boston, plus a virtual component. The movement, founded by Colette Delawalla, a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology, aims to address concerns about science politicization, government interference, and censorship. Since the first rally in March 2025, the Trump administration has implemented significant changes including reduced research funding, federal science agency staff reductions, public health policy overhauls, and climate change regulation rollbacks. These policy shifts have affected how researchers write grant proposals and represent broader concerns about the erosion of scientific integrity and independence.
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