The Trump administration is targeting the National Science Foundation (NSF) with proposed budget cuts of $4.7 billion, which represents more than half of its $9 billion funding. This move coincides with the termination of 344 grants and a halt to new awards, raising alarms within the scientific community. NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan's recent departure adds to the turmoil, leading experts like Sudip Parikh to warn that such drastic cuts would constitute a crisis for American science and contribute to paralysis among researchers uncertain about the future.
"Eliminating so much of this agency's budget would be a crisis, just a catastrophe for U.S. science," says Sudip Parikh, highlighting the severe impact of the proposed cuts.
"That's created this paralysis that I think is hurting us already," underscores Parikh, reflecting the anxiety scientists feel about funding uncertainty impacting their research.
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