Purged By Trump: A National Science Foundation Worker Speaks Out
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‘You screwed people’: Inside the National Science Foundation’s firing of 168 workers
At an emotional meeting, foundation officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come.
The Rise (and Fall?) of the National Science Foundation
It wasn’t until the 1950 establishment of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the largest funding source for basic research in the country, that America became a powerhouse of modernization. F or most of the past century,
National Science Foundation fires 168 probationary employees on Trump administration's orders
The federal agency that funds science research says the staff reduction came in response to a White House directive.
National Science Foundation Mass Firings Go Beyond Trump's Orders, Sparking Outrage
At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come
Trump can continue mass firings despite disruption and chaos, US judge rules
The Trump administration can continue its mass firings of federal employees for now, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, rejecting a bid by a group of labor unions to halt President Donald Trump’s dramatic downsizing of the roughly 2.
National Science Foundation staff axed by Trump fear for US scientific future
Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more Feature With the National Science Foundation cutting staff to comply with President Trump's order for sweeping federal government layoffs,
168 employees fired at National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees this week, a spokesperson disclosed, to comply with executive orders from the White House to reduce the federal workforce. It amounts to about 10% of the foundation's payroll.
US science agency reclassifies hundreds of workers as probationary, US lawmaker says
National Science Foundation administrators reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status in ...
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NSF Workforce Reclassification Sparks Outrage
The National Science Foundation controversially reclassified hundreds of employees from permanent to probationary status, ...
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NSF terminates 170 probationary employees, experts amid mass federal firings
The National Science Foundation fired 170 probationary employees and experts Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s ...
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“Your service and dedication [to science]…has been an inspiration to me.” You facilitated “a watershed moment in my career” ...
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Elon Musk’s DODGY firing spree cuts 10% of NASA and NSF staff putting future of American science at stake
In the corridors of NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF), where the brightest minds work on tomorrow’s space ...
In war against DEI in science, researchers see collateral damage
According to the committee report, concepts related to race, gender, societal status, as well as social and environmental ...
Northeastern to refund $616k after NSF audit flags mismanagement
An audit released earlier this month by the National Science Foundation’s Office of the Inspector General uncovered notable ...
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Governmentwide firings ‘devastating’ to probationary federal employees
The National Science Foundation fired 168 federal employees, marking one of many agencies who fired probationary feds at the ...
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NSF faces steep budget cuts and layoffs, effects on CMU research funding unclear
Recently, the NSF fired over 150 employees, including program directors. Courtesy of National Science Foundation via Wikimedia Commons On Tuesday, Feb. 18th, the National Science Foundation (NSF) ...