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Academic Freedom Index Criticizes US Science Funding

KQED FM Washington D.C. 14d13d Impact 5
Historian Patrick McCray stated that dismantling the National Science Board is not in the best interests of the nation or the Trump administration. McCray noted that while the administration claims commitment to advancements in AI and quantum computing, attacking organizations like the National Science Foundation hinders those goals. The discussion focused on the impact of such actions on research and development. Astrophysicist Kevan Stassen stated that the Trump administration is politicizing science and the peer review process in the United States. Stassen noted that public funding is being distributed based on political rather than scientific criteria. These observations were made in relation to the Academic Freedom Index. This process has determined the direction of research for 75 years.

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National Science Board National Science Foundation research and development

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Sources · 7 independent

KQED FM

“Interrupted historian Patrick McCray says dismantling the National Science Board is not in the best interests of either the nation or Trump”

BBC WS backup

“the Trump administration really plays all the cards it has to politicize science and to, in this case, politicize peer review.”

BBC World Service

“The peer review Catherine Spokov has conventionally gone up to the level of national science policy in the United States, determining the direction of research for 75 years in the country.”

BBC World Service

“peer review Catherine Spokov has conventionally gone up to the level of national science policy in the United States, determining the direction of research for 75 years in the country.”

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