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Over the past month, the never-ending barrage toward dismantling science continues. The Trump Administration has committed to dismantling science by cutting NSF’s budget, OMB's attempt to propose a new rule that will reshape how scientific grants are evaluated, and the erosion of reasonable accommodation protections for federal employees — are not isolated policy decisions. Together, they form a coordinated effort to dismantle American scientific infrastructure from the insid

Scientific research in the United States is at a critical inflection point. The Trump Administration is now targeting the scientific review process itself, proposing to replace expert-led merit review with political direction. On May 27, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed new rules affecting NSF's grant funding by increasing oversight, restricting funding in areas like diversity and health, and granting political appointees' broad authority to terminate awards