Jonathan Lambert

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who had recently finished their 1 year probationary period, but their probationary status was extended to 2 years without explanation last month.

Dear NSF scientists and staff: If you're looking to talk to a journalist about what's going on at the agency, please reach out (from a non-governmental phone/computer) via signal jonlambert.12

I’m at the #AAASmtg, vibes are tense at the opening plenary. AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh says the next month is among the most important months in the history of U.S. science, referencing budget talks in Congress. Science “is fragile and powerful.”

Ted Cruz’s “woke” science list contains a lot of basic, fundamental research that got flagged for simply addressing broader impacts (as Congress requires). Still, it’s making scientists uneasy. My latest: https://t.co/jHhFnLWLAg

My effort to make some sense of what the Trump administration's moves to exert more control over research could mean for the future of American science. https://t.co/ohTLreFg91

RT @BenjiSJones: FYI: USAID has been one of the world's largest and most important funders of global biodiversity conservation — a chronica…

NSF’s cash management service is now back up and running. Seems like they responded to the court order. https://t.co/sGbd26amhc

Update: On Friday, a second federal judge ordered federal agencies, including NSF specifically, to resume payments to existing grants. As of now, funds are still frozen.

Jonathan Lambert @evolambert

NSF is still freezing grant payments because of Trump's executive orders targeting DEI, despite NSF's congressional mandate to weigh how grants will expand participation in science. What that means for scientists and science: https://t.co/A045UYtvhD

NSF is still freezing grant payments because of Trump's executive orders targeting DEI, despite NSF's congressional mandate to weigh how grants will expand participation in science. What that means for scientists and science: https://t.co/A045UYtvhD

I was on All Things Considered this afternoon talking about how the National Science Foundation is continuing its freeze on funding already awarded grants, even after the rescission of the spending memo. https://t.co/B6JLXxLjqp

This is now out of date given OMB rescinded the memo that spurred the spending freeze.

Jonathan Lambert @evolambert

I'm being told that despite the court order pausing the Trump administration's funding freeze, the NSF is still pausing all payments of funds for open grants while they review awards that could be impacted by EOs.

I'm being told that despite the court order pausing the Trump administration's funding freeze, the NSF is still pausing all payments of funds for open grants while they review awards that could be impacted by EOs.

NSF confirms all review panels, new awards, and payments under existing awards are paused. Specifically calls on grantees to comply with EOs by ceasing any grant activity that uses or promotes DEIA principles. https://t.co/5tO98I0rDR