Dan Garisto

1 week ago | nature.com | Jeff Tollefson |Dan Garisto

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order late last week mandating the overhaul of research-integrity policies to ensure that the federal government promotes “gold standard science” that is “transparent, rigorous, and impactful”. But many researchers fear that the order will do the opposite by putting US scientists and science under the thumb of political appointees — and they are mobilizing opposition.

3 weeks ago | nature.com | Benjamin Thompson |Dan Garisto

Download the 12 May 2025 Podcast ExtraIn this Podcast Extra, we examine recent developments US National Science Foundation, which has seen significant numbers of research grants terminated. In addition, there have been freezes on funding for new grants and any additional money to existing ones. We also discuss US President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, which calls for disproportionately large cuts to federal science funding.

1 month ago | nature.com | Jeff Tollefson |Dan Garisto |Max Kozlov

US President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 calls for unprecedented cuts to scientific agencies that, if enacted, would deal a devastating blow to US science, policy specialists say. The budget document released by the White House on Friday for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts on 1 October, is light on details, but it calls for disproportionately large cuts for federal science funding.

1 month ago | nature.com | Jeff Tollefson |Dan Garisto |Heidi Ledford

In just the first three months of his second term, US President Donald Trump has destabilized eight decades of government support for science. His administration has fired thousands of government scientists, bringing large swathes of the country’s research to a standstill and halting many clinical trials.

1 month ago | nature.com | Dan Garisto |Jeff Tollefson

As the administration of President Donald Trump continues its campaign to reshape the US government with spending cuts and mass lay-offs, some scientists still employed at government agencies say that their work has become impossible.