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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afternoon.
White House Ousts Entire National Science Board
Who Gets a Guggenheim? This Professor Has an Answer
Education and public policy professor Dominique Baker looked at 30,000 fellowship recipients to determine how influential institutional affiliation is in determining who gets one.
Virtual Fellowships a ‘Lifeline’ for Gazan Academics
Universities find ways to help scholars keep work going despite widespread destruction of higher ed institutions and research facilities.
How Professors Shaped Some of Last Year’s Biggest Films and Television
From Only Murders in the Building to The Pitt, faculty members are lending their expertise to Hollywood to help tell an accurate story.
The Downward Spiral of the NSF’s GRFP
Under the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program has strayed from its historic mission of funding the most meritorious candidates regardless of STEM field.
GOP Decries Chinese ‘Espionage’; Dems Focus on Loan Debt, ED Layoffs
The House Ed and Workforce Committee chair referred to Democrats’ questions as an “alternate hearing” from the one he called on foreign threats.
Halfway Through the Fiscal Year, NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of Research Funding
The science community fears the funding agency’s slow contract and grant making could result in another rush of multiyear obligations at the end of the fiscal year. The NIH director has said, “Don’t pay attention to the hype.”