“NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. … NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway”🧪 www.science.org/content/arti... - ThreadSky

paulkingsley7.bsky.social • 22 days ago

“NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. … NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway”🧪
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-starts-vetting-all-grants-comply-trump-s-orders

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maryland-royal.bsky.social•22 days ago

We're now literally not that much different from North Korea. Maybe I should randomly insert effusive praises for Donald tRump in my proposals and stick his mugshot in every single page now.

lhesperus.bsky.social•22 days ago

So now we are funding the proposals that have the weakest broader impact statements? Next up- penalties for work that is too “transformative”

lhesperus.bsky.social•22 days ago

Does anybody know if NSF graduate research fellowship program has been paused or is experiencing this kind of scrutiny?

paulkingsley7.bsky.social•22 days ago

They can be asked directly through this webform.

https://new.nsf.gov/executive-orders

artefreedom.bsky.social•21 days ago

The set back to science will be huge.

jjn007.bsky.social•21 days ago

This is absolutely maddening, but with this party that is the point! These people do not believe in science nor people that is crystal clear. Pausing alone is hurting research. Searching for anything Trump does not agree w/ or sees as woke. This is Ludicrous.

allac.bsky.social•21 days ago

Horrible situation

englishelective.bsky.social•22 days ago

Pretty sure it's illegal to withhold funds that Congress has already approved.
But our Congress is just a bunch of Neros fiddling while the Republic burns.
Bring Vandals, Goths & Money.

degorius.bsky.social•22 days ago

All the sociology and human geography work is about to go in a dumpster.

therealdealsteve.bsky.social•22 days ago

How absolutely devastating and dangerous.

vegasgello.bsky.social•22 days ago

Between his father, mother and Roy Cohn, The Orange One was tuned up to be so much more than a garden variety psychopath. For years Al Franken has been searching for footage of him not just snickering as he does but actually, happily, laughing. It might happen when the last FBI agent goes to jail...

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