#defendresearch — Public Fediverse posts

Update. Senate Dems w/ a few Republicans take a step in right direction:

"Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/senate-finalizes-funding-patch-that-would-block-trumps-grant-overhaul-01021696

"When lawmakers return to the Capitol in September, House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Senate Dems w/ a few Republicans take a step in right direction:

"Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/senate-finalizes-funding-patch-that-would-block-trumps-grant-overhaul-01021696

"When lawmakers return to the Capitol in September, House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Senate Dems w/ a few Republicans take a step in right direction:

"Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/senate-finalizes-funding-patch-that-would-block-trumps-grant-overhaul-01021696

"When lawmakers return to the Capitol in September, House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Senate Dems w/ a few Republicans take a step in right direction:

"Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/senate-finalizes-funding-patch-that-would-block-trumps-grant-overhaul-01021696

"When lawmakers return to the Capitol in September, House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Senate Dems w/ a few Republicans take a step in right direction:

"Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul."
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/02/senate-finalizes-funding-patch-that-would-block-trumps-grant-overhaul-01021696

"When lawmakers return to the Capitol in September, House Republican leaders must then decide whether to take up the Senate funding patch, which contains a significant rebuke of President Donald Trump — a temporary ban on finalizing the White House proposal to put political appointees in charge of approving grants."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #ProPublica (@ProPublica) covers many of the good reasons to reject the #OMB proposal, which would politicize federally funded research and limit international collaboration.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb

One of those good reasons is that the OMB rules would have prevented the discovery of the #HiggsBoson, which needed a large, international team.

PS: I used the same example in my comment to the OMB earlier this month. In context: "Good science knows no borders, and many important discoveries are made by international teams. Some notable examples with US funding and participation are the discovery of the Higgs boson (2012), the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the eradication of smallpox (1980), and the Manhattan Project (1942-1946)."

#DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolit

Update. #ProPublica (@ProPublica) covers many of the good reasons to reject the #OMB proposal, which would politicize federally funded research and limit international collaboration.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb

One of those good reasons is that the OMB rules would have prevented the discovery of the #HiggsBoson, which needed a large, international team.

PS: I used the same example in my comment to the OMB earlier this month. In context: "Good science knows no borders, and many important discoveries are made by international teams. Some notable examples with US funding and participation are the discovery of the Higgs boson (2012), the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the eradication of smallpox (1980), and the Manhattan Project (1942-1946)."

#DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolit

Update. #ProPublica (@ProPublica) covers many of the good reasons to reject the #OMB proposal, which would politicize federally funded research and limit international collaboration.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb

One of those good reasons is that the OMB rules would have prevented the discovery of the #HiggsBoson, which needed a large, international team.

PS: I used the same example in my comment to the OMB earlier this month. In context: "Good science knows no borders, and many important discoveries are made by international teams. Some notable examples with US funding and participation are the discovery of the Higgs boson (2012), the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the eradication of smallpox (1980), and the Manhattan Project (1942-1946)."

#DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolit

Update. #ProPublica (@ProPublica) covers many of the good reasons to reject the #OMB proposal, which would politicize federally funded research and limit international collaboration.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb

One of those good reasons is that the OMB rules would have prevented the discovery of the #HiggsBoson, which needed a large, international team.

PS: I used the same example in my comment to the OMB earlier this month. In context: "Good science knows no borders, and many important discoveries are made by international teams. Some notable examples with US funding and participation are the discovery of the Higgs boson (2012), the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the eradication of smallpox (1980), and the Manhattan Project (1942-1946)."

#DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolit

Update. #ProPublica (@ProPublica) covers many of the good reasons to reject the #OMB proposal, which would politicize federally funded research and limit international collaboration.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb

One of those good reasons is that the OMB rules would have prevented the discovery of the #HiggsBoson, which needed a large, international team.

PS: I used the same example in my comment to the OMB earlier this month. In context: "Good science knows no borders, and many important discoveries are made by international teams. Some notable examples with US funding and participation are the discovery of the Higgs boson (2012), the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), the eradication of smallpox (1980), and the Manhattan Project (1942-1946)."

#DefendResearch #Funding #OMB #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolit

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states 'based solely' on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

#DefendResearch #Meritocracy #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Admits Ca...

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states 'based solely' on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

#DefendResearch #Meritocracy #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Admits Ca...

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states 'based solely' on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

#DefendResearch #Meritocracy #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Admits Ca...

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states 'based solely' on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

#DefendResearch #Meritocracy #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Admits Ca...

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states 'based solely' on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

#DefendResearch #Meritocracy #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Trump Administration Admits Ca...

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Meritocracy #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Meritocracy #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Meritocracy #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Meritocracy #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Meritocracy #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Now the National Science Foundation (#NSF) is calling for public comments on a plan to revise its research-funding procedures. Comments are due by August 24.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12725/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward

The full text of the proposal is not online for display in a browser. (Why?) But you can download it from this page.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NSF-2026-OTR-0001-0003

The text is explicit that one purpose of the new proposal is to align the NSF rules with the proposed, new (May 2026) #OMB rules.

Note that the public comment period on the OMB proposal only closed on July 13. OMB is still considering the comments -- which are overwhelmingly negative -- and has not yet made final rules. In that sense, the NSF is unquestionably obeying in advance.

Also note that if many people skip commenting on the NSF plan (say, because they commented on the OMB plan), NSF might infer that not many people care or that opposition to the OMB plan doesn't carry over to the NSF plan. This looks deliberate. It would have been easy for NSF to wait for final rules from OMB.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Now the National Science Foundation (#NSF) is calling for public comments on a plan to revise its research-funding procedures. Comments are due by August 24.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12725/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward

The full text of the proposal is not online for display in a browser. (Why?) But you can download it from this page.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NSF-2026-OTR-0001-0003

The text is explicit that one purpose of the new proposal is to align the NSF rules with the proposed, new (May 2026) #OMB rules.

Note that the public comment period on the OMB proposal only closed on July 13. OMB is still considering the comments -- which are overwhelmingly negative -- and has not yet made final rules. In that sense, the NSF is unquestionably obeying in advance.

Also note that if many people skip commenting on the NSF plan (say, because they commented on the OMB plan), NSF might infer that not many people care or that opposition to the OMB plan doesn't carry over to the NSF plan. This looks deliberate. It would have been easy for NSF to wait for final rules from OMB.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Now the National Science Foundation (#NSF) is calling for public comments on a plan to revise its research-funding procedures. Comments are due by August 24.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12725/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward

The full text of the proposal is not online for display in a browser. (Why?) But you can download it from this page.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NSF-2026-OTR-0001-0003

The text is explicit that one purpose of the new proposal is to align the NSF rules with the proposed, new (May 2026) #OMB rules.

Note that the public comment period on the OMB proposal only closed on July 13. OMB is still considering the comments -- which are overwhelmingly negative -- and has not yet made final rules. In that sense, the NSF is unquestionably obeying in advance.

Also note that if many people skip commenting on the NSF plan (say, because they commented on the OMB plan), NSF might infer that not many people care or that opposition to the OMB plan doesn't carry over to the NSF plan. This looks deliberate. It would have been easy for NSF to wait for final rules from OMB.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Now the National Science Foundation (#NSF) is calling for public comments on a plan to revise its research-funding procedures. Comments are due by August 24.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12725/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward

The full text of the proposal is not online for display in a browser. (Why?) But you can download it from this page.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NSF-2026-OTR-0001-0003

The text is explicit that one purpose of the new proposal is to align the NSF rules with the proposed, new (May 2026) #OMB rules.

Note that the public comment period on the OMB proposal only closed on July 13. OMB is still considering the comments -- which are overwhelmingly negative -- and has not yet made final rules. In that sense, the NSF is unquestionably obeying in advance.

Also note that if many people skip commenting on the NSF plan (say, because they commented on the OMB plan), NSF might infer that not many people care or that opposition to the OMB plan doesn't carry over to the NSF plan. This looks deliberate. It would have been easy for NSF to wait for final rules from OMB.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Now the National Science Foundation (#NSF) is calling for public comments on a plan to revise its research-funding procedures. Comments are due by August 24.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12725/agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request-national-science-foundation-proposalaward

The full text of the proposal is not online for display in a browser. (Why?) But you can download it from this page.
https://www.regulations.gov/document/NSF-2026-OTR-0001-0003

The text is explicit that one purpose of the new proposal is to align the NSF rules with the proposed, new (May 2026) #OMB rules.

Note that the public comment period on the OMB proposal only closed on July 13. OMB is still considering the comments -- which are overwhelmingly negative -- and has not yet made final rules. In that sense, the NSF is unquestionably obeying in advance.

Also note that if many people skip commenting on the NSF plan (say, because they commented on the OMB plan), NSF might infer that not many people care or that opposition to the OMB plan doesn't carry over to the NSF plan. This looks deliberate. It would have been easy for NSF to wait for final rules from OMB.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #Trump has renewed his attacks on the #climate science manual by the National Academies of Science (#NAS), and now threatens to defund the NAS itself.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/totally-discredited-trump-orders-probe-of-national-academy-of-sciences-over-bogus-climate-guidance/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #Trump has renewed his attacks on the #climate science manual by the National Academies of Science (#NAS), and now threatens to defund the NAS itself.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/totally-discredited-trump-orders-probe-of-national-academy-of-sciences-over-bogus-climate-guidance/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #Trump has renewed his attacks on the #climate science manual by the National Academies of Science (#NAS), and now threatens to defund the NAS itself.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/totally-discredited-trump-orders-probe-of-national-academy-of-sciences-over-bogus-climate-guidance/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #Trump has renewed his attacks on the #climate science manual by the National Academies of Science (#NAS), and now threatens to defund the NAS itself.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/totally-discredited-trump-orders-probe-of-national-academy-of-sciences-over-bogus-climate-guidance/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. #Trump has renewed his attacks on the #climate science manual by the National Academies of Science (#NAS), and now threatens to defund the NAS itself.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/totally-discredited-trump-orders-probe-of-national-academy-of-sciences-over-bogus-climate-guidance/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Major Swiss data-rescue and AI-training project:

"Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly available #climate and #environmental #data from #NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train #AI models—and for safekeeping amid U.S. #funding cuts…It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly 6 billion files [roughly 100 petabytes]…Going forward, the researchers are also planning to copy large quantities of datasets from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA)… All the data copied so far had been publicly available."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Switzerland #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Major Swiss data-rescue and AI-training project:

"Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly available #climate and #environmental #data from #NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train #AI models—and for safekeeping amid U.S. #funding cuts…It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly 6 billion files [roughly 100 petabytes]…Going forward, the researchers are also planning to copy large quantities of datasets from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA)… All the data copied so far had been publicly available."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Switzerland #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Major Swiss data-rescue and AI-training project:

"Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly available #climate and #environmental #data from #NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train #AI models—and for safekeeping amid U.S. #funding cuts…It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly 6 billion files [roughly 100 petabytes]…Going forward, the researchers are also planning to copy large quantities of datasets from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA)… All the data copied so far had been publicly available."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Switzerland #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Major Swiss data-rescue and AI-training project:

"Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly available #climate and #environmental #data from #NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train #AI models—and for safekeeping amid U.S. #funding cuts…It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly 6 billion files [roughly 100 petabytes]…Going forward, the researchers are also planning to copy large quantities of datasets from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA)… All the data copied so far had been publicly available."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Switzerland #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Major Swiss data-rescue and AI-training project:

"Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly available #climate and #environmental #data from #NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train #AI models—and for safekeeping amid U.S. #funding cuts…It had taken approximately a year to copy the roughly 6 billion files [roughly 100 petabytes]…Going forward, the researchers are also planning to copy large quantities of datasets from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (#NOAA)… All the data copied so far had been publicly available."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Preservation #Switzerland #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

I'm still digesting the new report to Donald Trump by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦.
https://prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resources/documents/Science-A-New-Golden-Age.pdf

A few initial thoughts:

* It strongly supports science itself and govt funding of science. But it doesn't mention the attacks on science itself and cuts to science funding by the Trump admin.

* It wants research funding to depend entirely on merit. But it doesn't mention the recent OMB proposal to make it depend on the decisions of political appointees trying to advance the president's policy priorities.

* It wants to shift funding from projects to people, which could become another way to defund universities.

* It wants to boost the role of AI in science.

* To facilitate the role of AI in science, it wants to boost support for open data well beyond current levels. But it doesn't mention the many datasets censored or taken down by the Trump admin.

#AI #Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Funding #OpenData #OSTP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

I'm still digesting the new report to Donald Trump by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦.
https://prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resources/documents/Science-A-New-Golden-Age.pdf

A few initial thoughts:

* It strongly supports science itself and govt funding of science. But it doesn't mention the attacks on science itself and cuts to science funding by the Trump admin.

* It wants research funding to depend entirely on merit. But it doesn't mention the recent OMB proposal to make it depend on the decisions of political appointees trying to advance the president's policy priorities.

* It wants to shift funding from projects to people, which could become another way to defund universities.

* It wants to boost the role of AI in science.

* To facilitate the role of AI in science, it wants to boost support for open data well beyond current levels. But it doesn't mention the many datasets censored or taken down by the Trump admin.

#AI #Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Funding #OpenData #OSTP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

I'm still digesting the new report to Donald Trump by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦.
https://prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resources/documents/Science-A-New-Golden-Age.pdf

A few initial thoughts:

* It strongly supports science itself and govt funding of science. But it doesn't mention the attacks on science itself and cuts to science funding by the Trump admin.

* It wants research funding to depend entirely on merit. But it doesn't mention the recent OMB proposal to make it depend on the decisions of political appointees trying to advance the president's policy priorities.

* It wants to shift funding from projects to people, which could become another way to defund universities.

* It wants to boost the role of AI in science.

* To facilitate the role of AI in science, it wants to boost support for open data well beyond current levels. But it doesn't mention the many datasets censored or taken down by the Trump admin.

#AI #Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Funding #OpenData #OSTP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

I'm still digesting the new report to Donald Trump by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦.
https://prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resources/documents/Science-A-New-Golden-Age.pdf

A few initial thoughts:

* It strongly supports science itself and govt funding of science. But it doesn't mention the attacks on science itself and cuts to science funding by the Trump admin.

* It wants research funding to depend entirely on merit. But it doesn't mention the recent OMB proposal to make it depend on the decisions of political appointees trying to advance the president's policy priorities.

* It wants to shift funding from projects to people, which could become another way to defund universities.

* It wants to boost the role of AI in science.

* To facilitate the role of AI in science, it wants to boost support for open data well beyond current levels. But it doesn't mention the many datasets censored or taken down by the Trump admin.

#AI #Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Funding #OpenData #OSTP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

I'm still digesting the new report to Donald Trump by Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦.
https://prod-i.a.dj.com/public/resources/documents/Science-A-New-Golden-Age.pdf

A few initial thoughts:

* It strongly supports science itself and govt funding of science. But it doesn't mention the attacks on science itself and cuts to science funding by the Trump admin.

* It wants research funding to depend entirely on merit. But it doesn't mention the recent OMB proposal to make it depend on the decisions of political appointees trying to advance the president's policy priorities.

* It wants to shift funding from projects to people, which could become another way to defund universities.

* It wants to boost the role of AI in science.

* To facilitate the role of AI in science, it wants to boost support for open data well beyond current levels. But it doesn't mention the many datasets censored or taken down by the Trump admin.

#AI #Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Funding #OpenData #OSTP #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics