The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine | A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine | A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

www.nytimes.com /interactive/2025/12/02/upshot/trump-science-funding-cuts.html

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the boomers "fuck you I got mine" mindset as their last hoora while the orange shit stain is in power.
then a Democratic president will come in and want to put it back to the levels from before Diaper Don and the conservatives will have a fucking fit. Throw shit like the caged monkeys they are and we will continue this fucking parade for another generation
While I agree this administration went too far in not funding stuff, there were A LOT of grants that were useless and frivolous.
- Mostly not; they were awarded through competitive process. It's remarkably hard to get something frivolous through that.
  What does happen a lot is that basic science isn't immediately impactful but has a modest chance of producing something really useful. For example the GLP-1 drugs were developed as a result of a study into gila monster venom. Nobody is going to say "gila monster venom is useful" but the basic research into how gila monsters regulate appetite turned out to be very meaningful.