*This ends science in the United States.* Probably not. Grants were always under...

jjk166 · 2025-08-08T06:49:59 1754635799

> Individual grants will also require clearance from a political appointee and "must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities."

> The order also instructs agencies to formalize the ability to cancel previously awarded grants at any time if they're considered to "no longer advance agency priorities."

noelwelsh · 2025-08-08T06:23:08 1754634188

The key phrase in the article is "political appointee". Previously, approval was by government employees who had expertise in the given field.

ocschwar · 2025-08-08T11:47:03 1754653623

Until now, once you got a grant, you could count on it.

Now? One of your grad students says something a little too on the nose on Bsky, and your lab gets shut down.

tremon · 2025-08-08T11:59:52 1754654392

Grants were always under political control, right?

Sure. In the same vein, you have always been at war with Eurasia.