https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001
Trump/Vought & OMB need to be SWAMPED with public comments against their proposed policy allowing political meddling & control of scientific research funding to force it to "conform" to a President's agenda. Their claim is that federal dollars were used for "DEI," drag shows, and studies on transgender mice
(none of that is true).
Example comment:
I urge you to carefully consider the impact of this proposed regulation.
US federal research funding makes scientific and medical breakthroughs possible and improves the lives of all Americans. This rule will hinder innovation and stifle growth, pushing us ever further behind other countries in scientific advancements. It's another attack on scientific integrity and scientific independence that will come at the public's expense.
Research funding should be awarded based on merit (not political loyalty); that funding shouldn't be contingent on the whims of a President and his "priorities" at the expense of innovation and the public good; and that funding shouldn’t be withheld from individual researchers, organizations, and institutions because their work is associated with one of the administration’s "prohibited topics."
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