"Before Trump, the review process was based on merit and impact. Now, it's like rolling the dice because a Doge person has the final say," said one current program officer. "There has never in the history of NSF been anything like this. It's disgusting what we're being instructed to do."
Another program officer said: "The exact details of the extra step is opaque but I can say with high confidence that people from Doge or its proxies are scrutinizing applications with absolutely devastating consequences. The move amounts to the US willingly conceding global supremacy to competitors like China in biological, social and physical sciences. It is a mind-boggling own-goal."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts
No comments:
Post a Comment