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#Scientists Press #Congress on Trump’s Dismissal of Funding Agency Board
The slowed pace of #grants by the #NationalScienceFoundation (#NSF), under attack from #WhiteHouse, could put #US at disadvantage with China, scientists warned.
“We stand with the #NationalScienceBoard, and call on Congress, as an equal branch of government, to rapidly and firmly support science by calling for the reinstatement of terminated #NSB members,” signatories wrote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/nsf-science-congress-trump.html
https://archive.ph/YpHnD

Less than 10 percent of the scientists — who run the gamut from biologists to epidemiologists, from toxicologists to greenhouse gas emissions specialists — now remain at the agency. Moving forward, they will be under a political commissar, and their research will have to “align with agency and administration priorities.”

https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-science-escalates-with-firing-of-entire-national-science-board/

#USPol #Trump #GOP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DonaldTrump #EPA #Layoffs #MassLayoffs #NationalScienceBoard #NationalScienceFoundation #Research #Science

Trump Takes a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Independent Scientific Advisory Board
Without the impartial oversight of its board, the #NationalScienceFoundation (#NSF) is now “fully at the behest of the White House,” experts warn.
The administration’s firing of all 22 current members of the #NationalScienceBoard last week stands out as “one of the darkest moments” of the past year and a half, said Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and biogeographer
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28042026/trump-fires-national-science-board/

Trump’s mass firing of #NationalScienceBoard just dealt another blow to #American #science
Ambitious research is on the chopping block following yet more cuts at the #NationalScienceFoundation.
The #NSF was established in 1950 to “promote the progress of science,” among other goals. It has served as a major source of support for research and education. In 2024, the agency spent $9.39 billion—a substantial figure but only 0.1% of federal spending.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/01/1136722/mass-firing-trump-fresh-blow-american-science-nsf-nsb/
https://archive.ph/opzoa

#NationalScienceBoard Was Built to Outlast #Politics
#NSB oversees #NSF, one of most important #science agencies in #US. NSF funds basic research across many scientific fields, supports scientists and students, and build foundation for discoveries in public health, environmental protection, national security, technology, and economy.
It is not supposed to be a political appendage of White House. Its 25 members are appointed by the president, but serve staggered 6yr terms.
https://scilight.substack.com/p/the-national-science-board-was-built

Washington Post: Trump ousts National Science Board members. This link is to an MSN-syndicated article and has no paywall. “Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump.”

"Members of the National Science Board, which helps govern the National Science Foundation, were dismissed in a message from the Presidential Personnel Office thanking them for their service, according to screenshots shared with The Washington Post."

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"Multiple scientists who serve on an independent board established to guide the nation’s nearly $9 billion basic science funding agency were terminated from their positions Friday by President Donald Trump."

~ Carolyn Y. Johnson

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2026/04/25/national-science-board-members-dismissed/