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Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.

  • Ashley Dayer, an early-career Virginia Tech professor with an infant and a limited lab budget, won a National Science Foundation grant for bird conservation after years of research and three failed applications.
  • The Trump administration abruptly cut funding to Dayer and over 380 other NSF projects on Friday to comply with directives ending support for diversity, equity, inclusion, and misinformation research.
  • Dayer's project involved data from more than 20,000 Americans on birdwatching habits and mental well-being and explicitly aimed to engage disabled people and people of color, linking diversity mainly to bird populations.
  • NSF canceled 402 grants labeled 'wasteful DEI grants' totaling $233 million, with NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan affirming support for broadening participation without preference, while scientists expressed concern over transparency and lasting impacts.
  • The funding cuts, though a small portion of NSF's total awards, have disrupted several professors and student teams, raising fears of an 'outright attack on science' and jeopardizing future research careers.
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Trump science cuts roil university labs, targeting bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more

Hundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the study of misinformation.

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arcamax.com broke the news in on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
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