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Trump fires all 24 members of the U.S. National Science Foundation

Wholesale purge of NSF oversight board risks major disruption to $8-9B annual US research funding, with acute implications for AI/ML research investments and academic institutions reliant on federal grants.

Saturday, April 25, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline

The Trump administration has removed all 24 members of the National Science Foundation's oversight board. The NSF is a critical federal agency that funds roughly $8-9 billion annually in non-medical research across computer science, materials science, physics, and other fields, with substantial AI/ML research support. This wholesale governance change signals potential major shifts in research funding priorities and government-science relations.

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