Call your representatives because it’s illegal: “By levying such a large tax on its other programs, the agency appears to be defying a congressional directive in the final FY 2026 appropriations bill that ‘No [NSF] directorate shall receive more than a 5% reduction relative to…2024 enacted level.’”🧪
Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽
tech capture of the NSF: “it allows NSF to make awards to nontraditional recipients such as a limited partnership or a venture capital firm, some of which might have been created solely for the purpose of receiving the NSF award.”
Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽
Been wondering why NSF isn't spending most of its FY26 appropriation? A $1.5B tech initiative may be the reason. And big cuts to hundreds of research programs could be just the beginning of the bad news. www.science.org/content/arti...
Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year
