The National Science Foundation spent more than $2 billion funding “science” projects that were often more about activism and critical race theory than science, the Senate Commerce Committee found.
The committee found that one in 10 grants awarded between January 2021 and April 2024 had to do with oppression, social or environmental justice, gender, or race. The figure was dramatically higher in grants issued more recently, as what counted as “science” transformed dramatically under the Biden administration.
“While only 0.29% of all grants with start-dates in 2021 centered on DEI initiatives, by 2024, more than a quarter (27%) of new grants pushed far-left perspectives,” the Commerce Committee said in a report released Monday.
“Over the past few weeks, the Trump administration has been taking a sledgehammer to the radical left’s woke nonsense. DEI initiatives have poisoned research efforts, eroded confidence in the scientific community, and fueled division among Americans,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the committee’s chairman, told The Daily Wire in a statement. “Congress must end the politicization of NSF funding and restore integrity to scientific research.”
Scientists have warned that anticipated cuts under the Trump administration could harm life-saving research. However, few of them complained when, in recent years, soft-science and activist academics began siphoning off money that could have otherwise gone to things like cancer research. […]
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