The National Science Foundation is canceling hundreds of grants to left-wing research projects on issues out of step with the Trump administration’s agenda.
Last week, the National Science Foundation ended 701 grant programs for awards not “aligned” with the agency’s goals under President Trump as the White House attempts to stop government agencies from funding left-wing priorities. That followed an earlier round of 402 cancellations in mid-April.
“The NSF’s mission is to promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare, and secure the national defense,” an NSF spokesperson told National Review in a statement. “It is our priority to ensure all NSF awards aim to create opportunities for all Americans everywhere, without exclusion of any groups. NSF remains committed to reviewing and funding proposals that are aligned with the agency priorities.”
An NSF statement of priorities emphasizes the value it places on merit and impact when evaluating research. Projects focused on group preferences or impacts on limited subgroups are not aligned with the NSF’s priorities in the Trump administration.
Award cancellations have mainly focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and “disinformation” research, but they are not limited to those two progressive-dominated fields.
As a result, NSF is terminating research projects focused on left-wing ideological concepts including “equity,” intersectionality, “latinx,” and climate change, according to a database of grant cancellations maintained by Dr. Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Harvard research scientist Scott Delaney. The NSF itself has not made available a comprehensive list of canceled grants.
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