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After Board Wiped Out, 13 Former NSF Leaders Call for New Members, Director

Thirteen former leaders of the National Science Foundation are asking the Senate and the Trump administration to install leaders for...
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Informal Research Ties ‘More Important’ Than Co-Authorship

Those who are frequently thanked in journals are much more likely to be successful themselves, says a new PNAS paper.

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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.

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White House Ousts Entire National Science Board

The White House on Friday terminated all members of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, Nature...
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.