LETTER: Funding for Scientific Research Should Be Protected

Trump's all-out assault on science constitutes a "mind-boggling own-goal"

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A generation of scientific talent is at the brink of being lost to overseas competitors by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Science Foundation (NSF), with unprecedented political interference at the agency jeopardizing the future of US industries and economic growth, according to a Guardian investigation. Th…

LETTER: Funding for scientific research should be protected

Iowan scientists generate knowledge that contributes to medical treatments, technology, and agricultural practices. Research conducted within Iowa’s public universities is largely funded by federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. In 2024, the…

Top NSF Officials Used Duplicate Research to Boost Their Careers — Minding The Campus

In a recent article, I described how Arizona State University (ASU) refused to investigate plagiarism by its administrator, Sethuraman Panchanathan, while he was serving as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Panchanathan later resigned unexpectedly and returned to ASU—just in time for the university to sue the NSF to preserve its high rate of […] The post Top NSF Officials Used Duplicate Research to Boost Their Careers appeared f…

Stand up for National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation

Guest essayist Katie Digianantonio urges federal leaders to support funding for the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation.