US EditionNational Science Board Eviscerated; Trump Admin Fires All 22 Members
The board has 25 members and oversees nearly $9 billion in NSF funding, as critics say the move escalates the administration’s war on science.
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The 22 members of the National Science Foundation, which oversees a budget of 9 billion annually for research, have been dismissed by email and without explanation.
‘More destruction of science’: Trump fires every member of US national science board
US President Donald Trump on Friday quietly fired every member of the independent board that governs the National Science Foundation, a move seen as an escalation of the administration’s destructive war on science.Members of the National Science Board (NSB) were notified in a brief email “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump” that their “position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.” One fired board m…
US President Donald Trump has dismissed several members of the National Science Board, which decides on the use of state research funds.
Trump decapitates American science by dissolving the scientific advice of the NSF from a simple email: the United States wants to dominate the global AI and amputates 75% of the budget that finances its mathematical foundations In a single email sent "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump", the administration has ended the functions of all members of the National Science Board, the governing body of the National Science Foundation. This act, un…
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