The Trump Administration has released its budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2027. The budget request seeks to boost military spending by more than 44 percent by slashing funding for domestic programs. Among the domestic accounts affected are federal science agencies for which, once again, the Administration has put forward budget proposals that would all but hand American science leadership to our global competitors.
The budget request states that the National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to dismantle the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate in FY 2027. However, recent reports and confidential sources have confirmed that NSF leadership (currently “acting” given no permanent NSF Director is in place) will begin the dismantling this year. Such a move raises several red flags and likely violates current statute, not to mention sidesteps Congress’ oversight and funding authority.
On April 14, join COSSA for a virtual Town Hall to discuss what we know and what we can do to protect the social and behavioral science community and the federal agencies that support it.
To allow for as much candor and information sharing as possible, this meeting will be limited to those affiliated with COSSA member organizations. If you don’t see your organization on COSSA’s current membership list, please be in touch.
At this challenging time, we need the community to come together as much as possible.
Register now to join the conversation and share this opportunity with others in your organization.