A US district court judge has allowed the Trump administration to continue with a purge of more than 1,600 research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This is a huge setback for a coalition of organizations representing thousands of scientists who were hoping to get a preliminary injunction to stop the cuts.
The grants are worth over $1 billion and were meant to fund basic and cutting-edge science and engineering projects, per The Guardian. The National Science Foundation is a big deal in the world of science. It’s a key federal investor in research that has a track record of leading to major breakthroughs like organ transplants, gene technology, and even the internet. However, Trump is really good at scaring away money where it’s needed, so we’ve got to deal with that.
