Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers

[Dulcinea]

NEW YORK (AP) — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies. Scientists say it threatens to undermine the process that has helped make the U.S. the world leader in research and development.

The order requires all federal agencies, including FEMA, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, to appoint officials responsible for reviewing federal funding opportunities and grants, so that they “are consistent with agency priorities and the national interest.”

It also requires agencies to make it so that current and future federal grants can be terminated at any time — including during the grant period itself.

Agencies cannot announce new funding opportunities until the new protocols are in place, according to the order.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-federal-funding-grants-nih-fema-4b4b6c23a25a8ae3fdc7b43c4586c999

[Ocelot II]

1. Trump is making the US poorer, sicker, dumber and meaner.

How does this benefit anyone, even the wealthiest, in the long run?

[johnnyfins]

2. It doesn't. And they know it. They are burning

EVERYTHING down. All potential grant money will be stolen. Just like the ripoffs during COVID. I think it best that we stop lamenting what has been lost and what we are losing. All energies on the fight.