UNBELIEVABLE: National science board - The Untold Story

National Science Foundation cuts mean researchers like me are losing grants – but impacts extend far beyond academia

As a university researcher focused on education, I have spent hundreds of hours designing studies to help the field and that might attract the National Science Foundation’s attention.

The Conversation · Jun 10

How much should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board’s ousting resurrects an existential debate

“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump,” read 22 emails sent from the White House Presidential Personnel Office on Friday afternoon, April 24, 2026, “I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the National Science Board is terminated, effective immediately.”

The Conversation · Apr 30