The NSF bossman just (Friday April 18 4pm EST) released a new statement that boils down to:
These efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others, or directly/indirectly exclude individuals or groups. Research projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities.
Which is shameful, goes against congress’s call to increase diversity in STEM etc etc. About what you’d expect from this administration.
I recommend scrolling the whole page, which includes such hits as “Calling something ‘misinformation’ is impinging on free speech”, “You can only focus on protected categories of people if you also make it for straight rich white people at the same time”, and “Secret bad word list? We would never!”
Folks on Bsky including a NPR science writer jonlambert.bsky.social are reporting that grant cancellations are going out now (Friday April 18 4pm EST).
Anyone getting cancellations in their inboxes?
UPDATE:::
Cancelled NSF grants are being collected here!
Posted by Noam Ross on bsky:
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
Comments
I had a BLM grant cancelled today, but my NSF grants have remained untouched so far knock wood
My NSF grant got cancelled (it has a DEI focus)
Reviewing for NSF used to be such an enjoyable experience. I cannot imagine how the conversations in review panels are playing out now.
I’ve been supporting faculty through cancellation from other orgs (e.g., NEH), and the direct messaging to PIs has been needlessly cruel.
According to DOGE, NSF cut 402 DEI grants