NSF terminates 168 probationary employees, experts amid mass federal firings
The National Science Foundation terminated the probationary employees Tuesday, the agency confirmed. The National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce, the agency confirmed.
Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.
The new Trump administration's relentless push to slash budgets and payrolls across the federal government, aided by billionaire Elon Musk's so-called "Department of Government Efficiency," could soon ...
Universities that do breakthrough-level studies are scrambling to understand the effects as their funding agencies slash ...
America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a ...
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