A coalition of professional societies and organizations whose members conduct research in fields supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a letter to the United States Congress. The letter expresses support for the NSF and concern about recent organizational and financial developments at the agency.
The NSF has a 75-year successful record of driving groundbreaking innovations and landmark achievements through its support of basic research and education in the non-medical sciences and engineering. Recently, the agency has experienced abrupt reorganizations and reductions in force, plans to reduce its scope, abrupt cancellation of existing grants, and devastating proposed cuts to its future budget.
The letter, which is initially endorsed by more than 50 signatories, calls on the leaders of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to exercise their oversight authority to investigate those developments.
Organizations interested in joining the letter are invited to contact the American Astronomical Society’s Deputy Director of Public Policy, Roohi Dalal, at roohi.dalal@aas.org.
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