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Nearly 14,000 applicants, 2,599 awards: the American National Science Foundation (NSF) increases PhD fellowships again. Engineering, quantum science and AI lead growth in this competitive programme.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01119-1

#NSF #GraduateResearch #QuantumScience #AI #STEM

#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

#SaveNCAR #Climate

The National Center for Atmospheric Research based in #Colorado is a #NSF program that enables broadly the entire research and academic communities across the USA to operate properly.

Last December, OMB made the shocking announcement that it intended to dismantle #NCAR

Details are now emerging on the motivations for this action ::

https://blog.ucs.org/carlos-martinez/documents-show-real-reason-why-the-white-house-wants-to-break-up-ncar/

"The Friday terminations of the apolitical scientific board that advises the White House on the future and direction of science funding are, as Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) aptly put it, a “bozo the clown move” — if only the consequences for the nation weren’t so tragic."
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/the-evisceration-of-the-american?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#science #news #uspol #nsf #nsb #corrupt #corruption #derelictionofduty #trump #trupsteinclass #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #trumpcrimefamily #project2025 #heritagefoundation

Trump Does An RFK Jr.: Fires Entire 22 Member Board Of The National Science Foundation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/04/trump-does-an-rfk-jr-fires-entire-22-member-board-of-the-national-science-foundation/

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/

#BigThink:
"
The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom
"
"NASA has just sent astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since 1972 w. Artemis II. So why would we cut NASA and NSF science now?"

".. US ..released their proposed FY2027 budget, + it’s a bloodbath for NASA science + the NSF: cutting the science budget by 50% in the country."

"Here’s why these proposed cuts must be overruled."

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/challenge-celebrating-artemis-ii-nasa-cuts/

28.4.2026

#Forschung #NASA #NSF #Science #USA #Wissenschaft

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

#NSF and #NSB are one of the last strongholds representative of the highly skilled in US governance. The replacement of the NSB board by zero skilled appointee sycophants will complete another round of #Necrosis of our institutions and representation as leaders in #Science and #Engineering. When does the bottom fall out ? Soon unfortunately.
Graduates of advanced programs may no longer see job markets in the #US as a first choice. The slippage isn’t new. Full scale rot is becoming a thing

The Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation in the U.S.

@AssociatedPress reports: "It’s typically made up of 25 members appointed by the president who serve staggered, six-year terms. The fired scientists hail from academia and industry and specialize in areas including astronomy, math, chemistry and aerospace engineering."

https://flip.it/OsVa8G

#Science #Trump #NSF #USPolitics

It is a common reflection as changes are introduced that what has taken a hundred years to develop can be torn down in hours and may never be recovered. What are Congress and the Senate thinking (I won’t speculate on the voting public who seem content to sink into a feudal, witchcraft dominated future where health, shelter and food are no longer taken for granted by the majority)?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/entire-nsf-science-advisory-board-fired-by-trump-administration/

#USScience #NSF #BarbariansThroughTheGates #Ignorance #NoBreadJustCircuses #Science

"Kid Rock is an expert in geology, let's make him run the #NSF" - Trump administration, probably. #science

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/trump-fires-national-science-foundation-board

#Trump Fires All 24 Members of America's National #Science Board
#nsf

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/26/0044212/trump-fires-all-24-members-of-americas-national-science-board?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. #Science Funding

The dismissals from an independent board that oversees the #NationalScienceFoundation marked the president’s latest assault on scientific #research organizations.

> fires all 24 members
#nsf #maga

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/trump-fires-board-members-scientific-research-group.html

NSF board fired: Trump destroys the governing body for our most effective science organization
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/national-science-board-eviscerated-trump-admin-fires-all-22-members/
#politics #science #uspol #trump #nsf #-

#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

La National Science Foundation #NSF une des principales agences étasuniennes de financement de la recherche, vient de perdre l’intégralité de son conseil d’administration (CA)
https://next.ink/brief_article/donald-trump-a-vire-tous-les-membres-du-ca-de-la-national-science-foundation/

Entire #NSF science advisory board fired by #Trump administration
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01361-7
All 22 members of the advisory board that advises and oversees the #US #NationalScienceFoundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic #science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. Each member of the NSF’s National Science Board #NSB received an e-mail on Friday afternoon saying that “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump”, their positions were “terminated, effective immediately”.
#recherche

Over the weekend and while BlunderBoy was witlessly creating excuses for more crackdown, details on #nsf purge emerged.

(Beth Mole is an awesome journalist)

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/national-science-board-eviscerated-trump-admin-fires-all-22-members/

(1/3) Jetzt zerschlägt Donald #Trump die Nationale Wissenschaftsstiftung #NSF
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board

Zerstört und angegriffen hat er mit seinen Entscheidungen bereits zentrale Säulen der #US-Wissenschaft, um den #Klimawandel zu leugnen und seinen Förderern in der fossilen Energieindustrie massive Profite zu sichern.

An die Macht gekommen ist er mit Hilfe von #Wahlmanipulationen durch kommerzielle Internetplattformen, die sich als #sozialeMedien bezeichnen
https://so-geht-digital.de/mindfuck-demokratie-social-media-whistleblower/
https://www.br.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/faktenfuchs-wie-musk-im-us-wahlkampf-falschinfos-verbreitet,UShZJ5A

Wann beginnt die #Wissenschaft in #Deutschland endlich konsequent zu handeln, um solche Angriffe bei uns abzuwenden?

Wenn sich heute und morgen die #Hochschulrektorenkonferenz @HRK_aktuell in #Weimar trifft, ist das eine gute Gelegenheit sich zu einer #WissKomm zu bekennen, die den Zielvorgaben der #Hochschulen
🔹zur Verteidigung der #FreiheitderWissenschaft und #Demokratie,
🔹zu #digitalerSouveränität und quelloffener Software #FOSS,
🔹zum #Datenschutz und
🔹zur #Nachhaltigkeit wirklich genügen.

"The Trump administration on Friday dismissed members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation, which finances much of the public scientific research in the United States." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/politics/trump-fires-board-members-scientific-research-group.html #science #nsf

never elected, the National Science Board that governs the #NSF was fired by #fascist #Trump, and #technofascism has taken over the #US.

We desperately need better fiction.

On the ongoing collapse of the United States and US science and engineering: Trump has terminated several members of the independent National Science Board https://www.engadget.com/science/trump-has-terminated-several-members-of-the-independent-national-science-board-170405205.html #NSB #NSF

"U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday fired all 24 members of the National Science Board (NSB), the body that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF). Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency.

“On behalf of President Donald J Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately,” reads a 24 April email from Mary Sprowls of the presidential personnel office to each NSB member. “Thank you for your service.”

The NSB is a unique entity within the U.S. government. In addition to advising the administration and Congress on national science policy, it has statutory authority to oversee the actions of the $9-billion NSF, setting policy and approving large expenditures. Its presidentially appointed members, typically prominent academics and industry leaders, serve 6-year terms, with eight members chosen every 2 years."

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board

#USA #Trump #Science #NSF #NSB

"Trump fires all 24 members of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s governing body."
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board

"U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday fired all 24 members of the National Science Board (#NSB), the body that oversees the National Science Foundation (#NSF). Many science advocates see it as the latest step by his administration to erode—some would say destroy—the independence of the 76-year-old research agency."

#DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

President Trump Terminates All Members of the National Science Board

📰 Original title: Trump Fires All 24 Members of America's National Science Board

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/president-trump-terminates-all-members-of-the-national-science-board/?redirpost=e937ea11-adcf-4ea4-b950-be212c27c2c4

#science #nationalscienceboard #nsf #ussciencepolicy

#US #USA #science #funding #NASA #NOAA #NSF #NIH

#WeatherWest dr. #DanielSwain

#MAYDAY #US #research collapse is imminent

yes, it's that serious, and no I do not understand the purpose of this destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E

#trump #vance #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedofiles #billionaires #hostiletakeover

#US #USA #science #funding #NASA #NOAA #NSF #NIH

#WeatherWest dr. #DanielSwain

#MAYDAY #US #research collapse is imminent

yes, it's that serious, and no I do not understand the purpose of this destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E

#trump #vance #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedofiles #billionaires #hostiletakeover

#US #USA #science #funding #NASA #NOAA #NSF #NIH

#WeatherWest dr. #DanielSwain

#MAYDAY #US #research collapse is imminent

yes, it's that serious, and no I do not understand the purpose of this destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E

#trump #vance #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedofiles #billionaires #hostiletakeover

#US #USA #science #funding #NASA #NOAA #NSF #NIH

#WeatherWest dr. #DanielSwain

#MAYDAY #US #research collapse is imminent

yes, it's that serious, and no I do not understand the purpose of this destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E

#trump #vance #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedofiles #billionaires #hostiletakeover

#US #USA #science #funding #NASA #NOAA #NSF #NIH

#WeatherWest dr. #DanielSwain

#MAYDAY #US #research collapse is imminent

yes, it's that serious, and no I do not understand the purpose of this destruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiE93b-jT-E

#trump #vance #MAGA #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #techbros #pedofiles #billionaires #hostiletakeover

A disastrous race to the very bottom:
https://www.science.org/content/article/slasher-sequel-trump-again-proposes-major-cuts-u-s-science-spending?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c2c1600ae1507590e099
#budget #uspol #uspolitics #trump #trumpcrimefamily #scientificresearch #NationalScienceFoundation #NSF #doeofficeofscience #zoelofgren #nih #appah #doeos #nasa #cdc #noaa # #usda #usgs #epa #

"Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7

"For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies…[The plan] includes a ban on using federal funds for subscriptions and publishing fees for some academic journals…Some of the steepest cuts would be made to the National Science Foundation (#NSF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (#EPA): the budgets of both would fall more than 50% in 2027 compared to their current levels…The budget for the US National Institutes of Health [#NIH] would drop 13%…The budget would increase funding for…the military, which would receive US $1.5 trillion, a 44% increase."

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

For #NSF and #NIH watchers, Grant Witness now has interactive data on numbers of grants and total funding obligations, broken down by institute and directorate, new awards and non-competitive renewals.

The stranglehold on new awards is still a disaster.

https://grant-witness.us/funding_curves.html

For #NSF and #NIH watchers, Grant Witness now has interactive data on numbers of grants and total funding obligations, broken down by institute and directorate, new awards and non-competitive renewals. The stranglehold on new awards is still a disaster. grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

Today is the LAST day to comment on the
#NCAR , the
National Center for Atmospheric Research.

This is the backbone of the USA’s #climate and #weather research based in Boulder #Colorado .

https://hillheat.news/p/on-the-proposed-disintegration-of-the-national-center-for-atmospheric-research

#NSF put out a « dear colleague » letter proposing breaking it up and selling it off.

Don’t know what to say?

Dan Visioni (https://dan-visioni.github.io) put this together to help you get started:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18CAKcwWEdEyN4LRc716XVHVEJwcuIvSvehDGp8eWZPk/edit?tab=t.0

#SaveNCAR

Rep. Neguse Calls For Inspector General Investigation Into OMB, National Science Foundation & Allegations of Potential Sale of NCAR to For-Profit Corporation
March 9, 2026
Press Release

Washington, D.C. — Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse wrote to the Inspector General of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and demanded an independent investigation into allegations of potential conflicts of interest and regulatory improprieties related to the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado.

According to new allegations reported by a whistleblower to Rep. Neguse’s office, there have been troubling reports that one or more Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials allegedly proposed or negotiated an arrangement whereby components of NCAR’s space weather program would be transferred to a private, for-profit company.

(more)

https://neguse.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-neguse-calls-inspector-general-investigation-omb-national-science

#oligarchs #NCAR #wx #weather #NSF #NOAA #Plundering

RE: https://fediscience.org/@kathhayhoe/116132068129000364

🤢

#NSF #Science #Climate #NCAR

Science requires long-term public investment, not just short-term excellence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/japan/trump-lessons-for-japans-scientific-community/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #france #germany #okinawa #congress #nasa #nsf #noaa #oist #jrise #expertj #science

Science requires long-term public investment, not just short-term excellence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/japan/trump-lessons-for-japans-scientific-community/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #france #germany #okinawa #congress #nasa #nsf #noaa #oist #jrise #expertj #science

Science requires long-term public investment, not just short-term excellence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/japan/trump-lessons-for-japans-scientific-community/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #france #germany #okinawa #congress #nasa #nsf #noaa #oist #jrise #expertj #science

Science requires long-term public investment, not just short-term excellence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/18/japan/trump-lessons-for-japans-scientific-community/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #donaldtrump #us #china #france #germany #okinawa #congress #nasa #nsf #noaa #oist #jrise #expertj #science

🚨 Deadline: Feb 4 🚨

The #NSF #NRAO invites scientists to participate in the Semester 2026B Call for Proposals:

Very Large Array (VLA)
Green Bank Telescope (GBT)
Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
High Sensitivity Array (HSA)
Global mm VLBI Array (GMVA)

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #NRAO #GBO

#US to lose ground in #Antarctica after pulling out last research #ship, scientists say
#Scientists said the loss hinders their work and diminishes America’s leading presence on the continent. The #NSF said it continues to support Antarctic research.
U.S. Antarctic Program has had at least one dedicated research vessel in the #SouthernOcean for almost six decades.
NSF said in its 2026 budget request it would terminate lease of Palmer #icebreaker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/11/antarctica-research-ship-nathaniel-palmer/
https://archive.ph/Ypf3W

#US to lose ground in #Antarctica after pulling out last research #ship, scientists say
#Scientists said the loss hinders their work and diminishes America’s leading presence on the continent. The #NSF said it continues to support Antarctic research.
U.S. Antarctic Program has had at least one dedicated research vessel in the #SouthernOcean for almost six decades.
NSF said in its 2026 budget request it would terminate lease of Palmer #icebreaker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/11/antarctica-research-ship-nathaniel-palmer/
https://archive.ph/Ypf3W

#US to lose ground in #Antarctica after pulling out last research #ship, scientists say
#Scientists said the loss hinders their work and diminishes America’s leading presence on the continent. The #NSF said it continues to support Antarctic research.
U.S. Antarctic Program has had at least one dedicated research vessel in the #SouthernOcean for almost six decades.
NSF said in its 2026 budget request it would terminate lease of Palmer #icebreaker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/11/antarctica-research-ship-nathaniel-palmer/
https://archive.ph/Ypf3W

#US to lose ground in #Antarctica after pulling out last research #ship, scientists say
#Scientists said the loss hinders their work and diminishes America’s leading presence on the continent. The #NSF said it continues to support Antarctic research.
U.S. Antarctic Program has had at least one dedicated research vessel in the #SouthernOcean for almost six decades.
NSF said in its 2026 budget request it would terminate lease of Palmer #icebreaker.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/11/antarctica-research-ship-nathaniel-palmer/
https://archive.ph/Ypf3W

"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

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

"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

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

"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

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