Nearly 170 employees at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who were still on probation were fired by the Trump ...

Panch has been conveniently absent throughout this whole time,” said an internal email an NSF worker sent to fellow ...

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as ...

The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees on Tuesday. According to an NSF spokesperson, the firings are to ensure ...

in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. “The orders are illegal,” says an NSF employee. “The statutory framework of NSF is being violated.” The NSF spokesperson ...

Around $15 million worth of Northwestern’s grants from the National Science Foundation were identified as promoting DEI and ...

U.S. scientists, unaccustomed to shock-and-awe political assaults, are reeling from President Donald Trump’s executive orders ...

In late January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directs the development of an AI action plan as part ...

Even if all these changes at NSF and other federal agencies are only temporary, scientists’ trust in US research funding might be irreversibly shaken. Some researchers say they are looking at private ...

On February 11, 2025, the current US government published a website of the US Senate Commerce Committee (Chairman Ted Cruz) announcing the results of an “investigation” into research grants funded by ...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), which gives billions in funding, is now checking applications for these “problematic” ...