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The article warns that the Trump administration's proposed rule changes to federal grant-making could politicize and undermine the decentralized U.S. science funding system, drawing strong criticism from AAAS and other commentators.
The article reports on a proposed OMB rule change that would give political appointees oversight of federal grants, potentially ending US scientific research as we know it by allowing vetoes of grants based on political priorities and banning DEI and gender ideology references.
A proposed policy change could require political appointee sign-off for all federal research grants, threatening merit-based funding decisions.