In the early days of Donald Trump's second term, significant cuts to US science funding have raised alarms among researchers, marking a departure from a long-standing bipartisan commitment to investments in science. Thousands of layoffs occurred within science agencies, and reforms threaten to limit research grants. The swift actions signal a potential realignment of governmental priorities that could negatively impact scientific research and, by extension, societal progress and health. Experts emphasize the unprecedented nature of these changes during a presidential transition, highlighting concerns over the future of US science policy.
Acting with unprecedented speed, the administration has laid off thousands of employees at US science agencies and announced reforms to research-grant standards that could drastically reduce federal financial support for science.
These actions are all 'unprecedented', says Harold Varmus, a former director of the US National Institutes of Health, emphasizing that no presidential transition has seen such a dismantling of government science.
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