The National Science Foundation (NSF) has canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grants under the Trump administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said in an April 26 post on social media X.
“Great work by @NSF canceling 701 wasteful DEI grants ($203M in savings), including ‘Building Racial Equity in Marine Science.’ This brings the total to over $325M saved in the past 2 weeks.”
NSF terminated a $20,000 “management development” contract for training course materials related to “understanding bias to unleash potential,” said another DOGE post.
The NSF is an independent federal agency supporting science and engineering that issues grants for research purposes. The foundation’s investments account for roughly 25 percent of the federal support received by U.S. colleges and universities for basic research….