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 ...

Each April, the US National Science Foundation (NSF) offers around 2,000 promising young researchers prestigious fellowships to support their careers in science. Yesterday, the agency, which is a ...

Since the NSF began 75 years ago, it has funded thousands of projects at Ohio State University. My favorite project would be the Big Ear radio telescope, which was funded by the NSF to study the ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...