The US National Science Foundation has terminated 1,042 active grants over the past 2 weeks, according to a list provided to C&EN by an internal NSF source, who insisted on anonymity out of fear ...

Employees at Uncle Sam's National Science Foundation (NSF) are relieved that the Trump administration's plan to downsize the federal government collided with the US court system on Friday – but ...

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that it will cap the reimbursement of facility and administrative (F&A) costs—also known as indirect costs—at 15% for all new grants ...

That letter was sent to division staff by Star Anderson, NSF’s acting director of the human resources management division. Anderson said the ruling also pauses the reduction-in-force, or RIF, within ...

Announced on Friday, the NSF clarified that its mission promotes “the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare, and secure the national defense,” and will be ...

The administration has also fired thousands of other federal employees, including dozens at the NSF, and terminated many grants that don’t align with the agency’s new anti-DEI priorities. Additionally ...

Specifically, the NSF is facing a 55 percent cut to its $9 billion annual budget in the next fiscal year, as well as a mass layoff of half of its 1,700-person staff, according to Science.

The suit, filed in federal court Wednesday afternoon, asks a judge to put a stop to NSF policies that are halting millions of dollars’ worth of research spending. The move comes after the NSF ...

The mass cancellation and realignment of NSF’s grant priorities coincided with the arrival of officials from the Department of Government Efficiency, who have been present at the agency since ...

All new research grants have been frozen at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) — an action apparently ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative by ...

“It has been a privilege to work with the amazing leadership team during my tenure at the NSF,” an internal email said. “Despite the many challenges over the past five years, including ...