NSF resumes grant terminations and suspends 18 UC Berkeley research grants
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Noam Ross
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Summary
The article reports on new disruptions to science grants at the National Science Foundation (NSF), following earlier mass terminations at NSF, NIH, CDC, and SAMHSA. It notes that while grant terminations had been quiet recently, NSF has now terminated its first grant since last year and is using new mechanisms to disrupt research. Specifically, 18 NSF grants to UC Berkeley researchers were "suspended" in April. The article appears to be from Grant Witness, a platform that tracks grant funding, and calls for reader reports of similar disruptions.
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This appears to be changing at the National Science Foundation.
NSF is starting to use new mechanisms to disrupt research programs.
18 NSF grants to researchers at UC Berkeley were 'suspended' in April
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