[WillPostForFood]

This ends science in the United States.

Probably not. Grants were always under political control, right? This is just shifting political control from one part of a government agency to another part of the government agency.

[jjk166]

> Individual grants will also require clearance from a political appointee and "must, where applicable, demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities."

> The order also instructs agencies to formalize the ability to cancel previously awarded grants at any time if they're considered to "no longer advance agency priorities."

[noelwelsh]

The key phrase in the article is "political appointee". Previously, approval was by government employees who had expertise in the given field.

[ocschwar]

Until now, once you got a grant, you could count on it.

Now? One of your grad students says something a little too on the nose on Bsky, and your lab gets shut down.

[tremon]

Grants were always under political control, right?

Sure. In the same vein, you have always been at war with Eurasia.