How do you ensure federal research money flows to projects that are scientifically rigorous and likely to succeed? For decades, the answer has been: Have scientists evaluate projects in their field, then have government fund the projects according to those scores.
Now, the Trump administration has proposed injecting politics into federal grant issuance to an unprecedented extent, in ways that threaten to undermine scientific rigor and insert grave uncertainty into federal funding. The federal government should not move forward with its proposed new rule, which, if finalized, will likely be challenged in court.
On May 29, the Office of Management and
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