‘The purpose of the rule is fascism’: scientists fight back against planned Trump research cuts

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Scientists and the organization Stand Up for Science oppose proposed Trump administration research funding cuts, warning that the policy would dismantle the US scientific ecosystem. Advocates are lobbying Congress to reject controls on how federal grant money is distributed.

Stand Up for Science founder says proposal to control how grants are spent would ‘dismantle US science ecosystem’ While waiting to board her flight home at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport recently, Colette Delawalla was reviewing a list of possible impacts from a proposed Trump administration rule on controlling federal money, including grants for research. Delawalla, the founder of the group Stand Up for Science, had just completed a three-day visit to Capitol Hill, where she met one by one with more than 30 members of Congress, part of a full-court press the organization has launched in recent weeks, sounding the alarm on the office of management and budget (OMB) proposal. Continue reading...