#fundamentalscience — Public Fediverse posts
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Amid cuts to basic research, #NewZealand scraps all support for #socialsciences https://www.science.org/content/article/amid-cuts-basic-research-new-zealand-scraps-all-support-social-sciences
"[...] the country’s center-right coalition government said it would divert half of the NZ$75 million #MarsdenFund, the nation’s sole funding source for #fundamentalscience, to “research with #economic benefits.” Moreover, the fund would no longer support any social sciences and #humanities #research, and the expert panels considering these proposals would be disbanded." 🤦♂️