The National Science Foundation lifted a hold on some grants for Harvard and other universities this week after inquiries from media outlets, including The New York Times.
The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.
The Trump administration has fired multiple members of the board that oversees the National Science Foundation, a $9 billion federal funding agency, sources say.
Members of the independent board that guides the National Science Foundation said they received a notice from the White House that their position was being terminated.
Since Trump’s return to the White House, the administration has canceled or suspended nearly 1,400 of the agency's grants, citing changing policy priorities.
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