New executive order puts all grants under political control

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Joé McKen
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Science is effectively dead in the US for at least the next 3½ years, and will then take another several years to even get started again. Canceled research doesn’t just uncancel itself, and scientists who find opportunity elsewhere won’t just come flocking back.

The damage is generational.

‪Mark Lemley‬
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All scientific grant funding must now be approved by a political appointee and "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities."

I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/new-executive-order-puts-all-grants-under-political-control/

New executive order puts all grants under political control
All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
arstechnica.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Science is effectively dead in the US for at least the next 3½ years, and will then take another several years to even get started again. Canceled research doesn’t just uncancel itself, and scientists who find opportunity elsewhere won’t just come flocking back.

The damage is generational.

— Joé McKen (@joemcken.net) 2025-08-08T22:48:11.209Z

Mark Lemley
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All scientific grant funding must now be approved by a political appointee and "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities."

I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

New executive order puts all grants under political control
All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants.
arstechnica.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM

All scientific grant funding must now be approved by a political appointee and "demonstrably advance the President's policy priorities."

I wonder where innovation will happen in the future? It won't be in the US

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

— Mark Lemley (@marklemley.bsky.social) 2025-08-08T16:18:57.475Z

[D_Master81]

1. The funny thing about this

The funniest thing about this shit is that Conservatives have cried for years that science research was politically motivated and right in the headline they are admitting that if the science is political in a way Trump wants they won’t receive the money. At least now the mask is off and all the talk about small government and non politically motivated education, science and medicine was all bullshit

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Republicans are the biggest fucking hypocrites in the world.

[LymphocyteLover]

2. yes, I saw this yesterday and it's not hyperbole and it's truly truly awful.

Directly harms academic research and will cause so much regression in our scientific enterprise in this country.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I'm sure someone had posted it here, but I couldn't find it.

And good morning.

[LymphocyteLover]

7. Thanks. I was going to post it but checked to see if someone else did. It's a HUGE deal

for anyone in the biomedical research field...

[themaguffin]

4. Such small government...

[JHB]

6. Translation: No grants without a kickback to Mr. Big

[LymphocyteLover]

8. there oughta be a law!

[vanessa_ca]

9. Living a nightmare -eom