Court Allows NSF to Proceed with $1 Billion Research Grant Cancellations
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Summary
A US District Court has ruled that the National Science Foundation can proceed with canceling over 1,700 research grants totaling more than $1 billion. The court rejected a request from researchers, universities, and scientific societies to reinstate the grants while their lawsuit challenging the mass terminations as arbitrary and unlawful continues. The decision leaves research labs scrambling for funding as the legal case proceeds.
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The ruling rejects a request from researchers, universities and scientific societies to reinstate the cancelled grants while the case is heard
The plaintiffs had argued that NSF's mass terminations were arbitrary, unlawful and would do irreparable harm to the country's research ecosystem
NSF began hacking away at its portfolio after publishing a 'Change in Pr'
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