US EditionTrump-appointed National Science Foundation leader resigns
- The head of the US National Science Foundation , Sethuraman Panchanathan, resigned amid sweeping changes spearheaded by the Trump administration.
- The NSF canceled hundreds of grants totaling over $230 million, including research related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and misinformation/disinformation.
- Various research organizations and stakeholders have criticized the changes, including demands from the Department of Government Efficiency for workforce reductions across federal agencies.
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Science is capital. According to some measurements, every dollar spent on research returns at least five dollars to the economy, says The New York Times. But Donald Trump doesn't seem to care much.The Republican president has made science another of his targets on his already controversial agenda.And, on the eve of serving the first 100 days of his second administration in the White House, he continues to show it.The director of the National Sci…
Trump’s OG Science Guy Quits Abruptly as DOGE Wields Scalpel: ‘Done All I Can’
Donald Trump’s OG science guy just threw in the towel after sharp spending cuts under the new Trump administration. National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, nominated by Trump during his first presidency in 2019, still had over a year left of his term. But it seems Trump’s second-term agenda might have been too much to stomach, and the Indian-American computer scientist announced his resignation on Thursday afternoon. …
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