Bad to worse at NSF? (July 2026 edition)

When I wrote this post last month , I really did not want it to be first in a series. The inciting incident to write that post was a news article in Science reporting that there have been draconian ~ 30% cuts in present fiscal year budgets within the NSF. Program officers were instructed to keep this confidential and not talk about it with PIs. The rumor was that this funding would go to support…