Science Schmience
In the last week of April, the Trump Administration fired members of the National Science Board. The board is an apolitical one consisting of eminent experts charged with advising and providing oversight of the National Science Foundation.
The experts serve staggered six-year terms, but the Trump Administration abruptly terminated all of them.
The move is troubling because the National Science Board plays a critical role in oversight, accountability, and transparency in how the nation’s premier scientific research agency makes decisions on everything from major research investments to international partnerships to merit criteria for grantmaking.
