NEWS BRIEFS: “Upside-Down Protocol,” Research Funding Aligning with Trump Agenda

FROM NATURE: “Donald Trump issued an expansive executive order (EO) that would centralize power and upend the process that the US government has used for decades to award research grants. If implemented, political appointees — not career civil servants, including scientists — would have control over grants, from initial funding calls to final review. This is the Trump administration’s latest move to assert control over US science.” Read more here.

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