Well-tarred Flask 🇮🇹🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@chemprofcramer.bsky.social)

The plan for NSF is to demote its director to an advisory role to what a former senior figure compared to a Soviet political commissar. Also, greatly reduce the role of rotators from academic departments to consolidate administration power. This is a disaster for science and innovation.

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Under Trump, NSF faces worst crisis in its 75-year history Political directives have undermined agency's independence and record of supporting the best basic research https://www.science.org/content/article/under-trump-nsf-faces-worst-crisis-its-75-year-history

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