The NSF may claw back core-program money to fund a White House science initiative.
Nature reports that the U.S. National Science Foundation is planning to redirect money from core science programs toward an Office of Science and Technology Policy initiative, potentially rescinding awards that are near completion.
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The plan is reported rather than published in a final agency budget document. Even so, taking money from nearly finalized grants would shift the cost of a new priority onto researchers already navigating tight budgets and an application backlog.
A formal NSF directive, the amount and directorates affected, whether awarded funds are actually rescinded, congressional response, and the initiative's published selection criteria.
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