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February 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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When they tell you who they are, believe them
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Holy shit😱
Can’t believe what they are doing to NSF grantees. Please share this thread👇🏽
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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“Since 1980, Congress has mandated that the agency seek to broaden participation of underrepresented groups […] The NSF spokesperson did not respond to a query about concerns that Trump’s executive orders are at odds with the agency’s responsibilities, as codified in law.”
NSF has unfrozen funds but is continuing to scour research grants for violations of Trump’s orders

Nature spoke to six NSF staff members, who shared documents detailing plans to search 10,000 flagged grants for DEI language.

For @nature.com w/ @dangaristo.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
February 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM