OMB Proposal Threatens to Politicize Federal Science Grant Funding
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Audiommunity Org, Kevin Bonham, Matt
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Matt and Kevin discuss a proposed rule change from the US Office of Management and Budget that would shift control of federal grant funding decisions from scientific experts to political appointees. The hosts argue this represents an existential threat to American science, urging listeners to submit comments on the proposed rule and contact their representatives. The episode is entirely focused on this issue, setting aside originally planned topics like gut microbes and pregnancy immunology.
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· 4 pulledGo write a comment on the proposed rule change, contact your representatives.
This is it folks - American science doesn't recover from this, at least not for a long time.
a new proposal from the US Office of Management and Budget that would (among other things) wrench control of funding decisions out of the hands of experts and put it in the hands of political hacks
We were going to talk about gut microbes and pregnancy immunology, but the power grab for government grant-making is taking our whole attention
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