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petersuber

Update. "Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants"
nature.com/articles/d41586-025

"All new research grants have been frozen at the US National Science Foundation (#NSF) — an action apparently ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE)… Documents seen by Nature show that two members of DOGE…have been given access to grant management systems and used that access to prevent grants from receiving funding that were already approved but awaiting finalization. 'That, of course, raises the hairs on the back of our neck in a worrisome way,' an NSF programme officer says."

www.nature.comExclusive: Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grantsThe National Science Foundation is the latest US agency to be disrupted by Elon Musk’s DOGE.
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Funding
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petersuber

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."
explorersweb.com/new-funding-c

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.
#DefendResearch#Funding#USPol
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Nonilex

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#Science#NSF
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Nonilex

#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
thebulwark.com/p/trump-science

www.thebulwark.comTrump’s Science Cuts Will Be Felt for GenerationsMindless slashing at NSF won’t just harm the scientific enterprise today—it will damage discovery and innovation for years to come.
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John Sundman

Heading to SynBioBeta to be on a panel about art & science. These conferences offer an intriguing mix of science, policy, futurism, industry boosterism & the occasional sideshow from outer space.

All across the USA, anti-scientific mobs are looking for research laboratories to vandalize and scientific careers to foreclose.

Yet astounding advances in biological science keep happening despite everything.

#biology #sciencefiction #cyberpunk #NIH #NSF

open.substack.com/pub/johnsund

open.substack.comSynBioBeta Dreaming 2025Returning to the mecca of biodigital technopotheosis
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petersuber

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.
chronicle.com/article/these-77
(#paywalled)

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

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Kim Perales

"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 govexec.com/management/2025/04

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."
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(((Cindy Weinstein)))

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.

nature.com/articles/d41586-025

#NSF
#NIH
#USPol
#Science

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.
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(((Cindy Weinstein)))

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.

nature.com/articles/d41586-025

#NSF
#NIH
#USPol
#Science

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.
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PrivacyDigest

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.

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/new-

Electronic Frontier Foundation · A New Tool to Detect Cellular Spying | EFFector 37.3Take some time during your Spring Break to catch up on the latest digital rights news by subscribing to EFF's EFFector newsletter!This 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...
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Kim Perales

"DOGE fired the supervisor who approves new oil projects in Osage County, OK. It basically stopped new permitting, cutting against Trump's own drill, baby, drill mantra. Musk's team had to quickly scramble & rehire."

#Musk's #DOGE is fraudulent & dangerous. The #firings are out-of-control. Whether it's AI or human error: lives, livelihoods, & the economy: suffering.

How about the rehiring in the #CDC, #NIH, #NSF, NOAA, #FDA, #VA...

#Corruption #Trump #Resist #USPol

thebulwark.com/p/oops-doge-did

The Bulwark · Oops, DOGE Did It AgainBy William Kristol
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PrivacyDigest

@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

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/eff-

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.
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Rich Stein (he/him)

University of Pennsylvania website monitoring federal policy changes affecting U.S. institutions of higher education and academic health systems (info from January 28 to present) —
university-communications.upen

article/background: thedp.com/article/2025/03/penn
#USpol #USpolitics #HigherEd #NIH #NSF #HigherEducation #LGBTQIA #HumanRights

university-communications.upenn.eduFederal Government Updates | University Communications“The American higher education system is one of America’s greatest strengths. A social contract has long enabled U.S. colleges and universities to serve individuals, communities, and government for the good of all. This contract has been a cornerstone of innovation and opportunity in our society.
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