NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
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@jbz There is also an 1987 version of the tour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6oSYf8xbs
#retro #retrocomputing #nsf
Computer room walking tour, 1992
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Update. "The #Trump administration’s cuts have slowed operations in #Antarctica to a crawl. Scientists warn that #climate research conducted there is vitally urgent. Despite this, the #NSF is preparing for an operational retreat from Antarctica."
https://explorersweb.com/new-funding-cuts-forcing-u-s-researchers-out-of-antarctica/
PS: This one is more personal for me. In 1996 I visited Palmer Station, an NSF-funded base for polar biology on Anvers Island off the Antarctic Peninsula, and had a wonderful talk and tour with its director, Polly Penhale.
Explorersweb · New Funding Cuts Forcing US Researchers Out of AntarcticaThe NSF is beginning an operational retreat from Antarctica. Both the aging U.S. facilities and the research itself are imperiled.
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Update. "The National Science Foundation (#NSF) has abolished its chief mechanism for getting the scientific community’s input on its programs."
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-scraps-most-outside-advisory-panels
(#paywalled)
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Medium · NumFOCUS Executive Director Search Update: Job listing is Open [Source]
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The program was already highly competitive, w/just 16% of applicants getting fellowships, because the 3 yrs of unrestricted financial support it offers can be what it takes to get into a certain grad school, or to study w/ a particular mentor or in a particular lab—or, in some cases, to pursue a line of inquiry that might not have support elsewhere.
Now even fewer of the nation’s most promising scientists-in-training will get that funding.
#Trump’s #Science Cuts Will Be Felt for Generations
Mindless slashing at #NSF won’t just harm the scientific enterprise today—it will damage discovery & innovation for years to come.
…when NSF announced the new class of fellows a week ago, the cohort had just a thousand students, less than half of last year’s number & the fewest since 2008.
That’s a big deal.
#AntiIntellectualism #BrainDrain
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-science-cuts-will-be-felt-generations-innovation-discovery-nsf-foundation-marcia-mcnutt
The Bulwark · Trump’s Science Cuts Will Be Felt for Generations
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Update. Phillip Levine lists the 77 US #universities that stand to lose the most from three kinds of funding cuts threatened by the #Trump admin: (1) capping indirect costs for #NIH grants at 15%, (2) cutting the #NSF budget by two-thirds, and (3) endowment taxes.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/these-77-colleges-have-the-most-to-lose-from-trumps-cuts
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PS: Note that there are other kinds of cuts that Levine does not bring into this calculation, like withholding funds from targeted institutions because of their DEI or antisemitism policies.
#Academia #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter
"Cuts of 30 to 70% are rumored at USDA next week. NIH & NSF funding is being destroyed & the agencies themselves facing cuts.
About 3,500 nonfederal entomologists depend on these agencies. We're
risking research that protects #ecosystems & #foodsecurity."
It's difficult to keep up with all the atrocities, but we amplify the gravity of the losing these experts, the firings, existential threats... of the #TrumpMusk admin.
#DOGE #Firings #Science #USDA #NIH #NSF #USPol https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/some-usda-rif-plans-take-shape-department-warns-employees-major-cuts/404247/
Government ExecutiveSome USDA RIF plans take shape as department warns employees of major cutsSome regional offices are expected to be cut as some headquarters offices will be "hollowed out."
You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.
www.nature.com75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leavingMore than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.
www.nature.com75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leavingMore than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
A New Tool to Detect Cellular #Spying | EFFector 37.3
This edition of the newsletter covers our new open source tool to detect cellular spying, #Rayhunter ; The #Foilies2025 , our tongue-in-cheek awards to the worst responses to public records requests; and our recommendations to the #NSF for the new #AI Action Plan to put people first.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/new-tool-detect-cellular-spying-effector-373
Electronic Frontier Foundation · A New Tool to Detect Cellular Spying | EFFector 37.3This edition of the newsletter covers our new open source tool to detect cellular spying, Rayhunter; The Foilies 2025, our tongue-in-cheek awards to the worst responses to public records requests; and our recommendations to the NSF for the new AI Action Plan to put people first.
@eff to NSF: AI Action Plan Must Put People First
This past January the new administration issued an executive order on #AI taking the place of the now rescinded Biden-era order, calling for a new AI Action Plan tasked with “unburdening” the current AI industry to stoke innovation and remove “engineered social agendas” from the industry. This new action plan for the president is currently being developed and open to public comments to the #NSF
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-nsf-ai-action-plan-must-put-people-first
Electronic Frontier Foundation · EFF to NSF: AI Action Plan Must Put People FirstPeople have a right to engage with culture and express themselves unburdened by private cartels. Policymakers should focus on narrowly crafted policies to preserve these rights, and keep rulemaking constrained to tested solutions addressing actual harms.
"‘Hilariously Naïve’: Cornell Researchers React to Sen. Cruz’s Scrutiny of NSF Grants"
“'... promot[ing] Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanc[ing] neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda....'”
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Cruz puts the "woke" in "joke." Doesn't he have a flight to Cancun to catch or a ballgame to be booed at?
https://cornellsun.com/2025/03/07/hilariously-naive-cornell-researchers-react-to-sen-cruzs-scrutiny-of-nsf-grants/ v The Cornell Daily Sun
#NSF #cruz
On not giving #Musk the boot from the Royal Society: "The intersection of science & politics is both inescapable & of vital importance. Scientists possess unique expertise that is crucial for informed policymaking & societal progress. Embracing political engagement allows scientists to fulfil their ethical responsibilities, defend the integrity of their work & contribute meaningfully to addressing the complex challenges facing society today."
The Guardian · Elon Musk is a proven danger to good science, but the Royal Society won’t say it. That’s why I resigned
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Update. The American Physical Society (#APS, @apsphysics) is running a survey on the impact of cuts to US science #funding. Please take it if you're affected or likely to be affected.
https://apsphysics.fillout.com/t/6ESUva3vwGus
"This survey collects stories showcasing the transformative positive impact of #NSF, #NIST, #DOE, #NASA, and #DOD-funded research and programs as well as what would be lost if support for basic research evaporates. You can document your experiences and share how recent executive actions have impacted you. Individual stories will be only be used publicly with permission or when fully anonymized."
Impacts of Federal Science FundingImpacts of Federal Science FundingMade with Fillout, the best way to make forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer.
Reports that US National Science Foundation #NSF is reinstating 86 probationary staff who were terminated last month.
This is in response to a Federal court order
per Jonathan Lambert on bsky
“POC” was targeted because they thought it meant “people of color.” It stood for “point of care” in medical emergencies: This Is the Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
-J Mayer
“We found the Cruz’s dragnet had swept up numerous examples of scientific projects funded by the #NSF that simply acknowledged social inequalities or were completely unrelated to the social or economic themes cited by the committee.”
#USPol #Science #Research #NIH #Racism #DOGE #Republicans #DEI
https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation
ProPublicaA Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
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