03-16-2025, 06:17 PM
Impacts to astronomy in Hawaii due to NSF cuts
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...-cutbacks/
"The National Science Foundation, the federal agency that funds science and engineering research, fired 10% of its workforce in February to comply with an executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce.
Since then, rumors have abounded that Trump, amidst a long string of federal downsizing, was eyeing deeper cuts for NSF and NASA, with billions of dollars and thousands of employees potentially on the chopping block.
With federal funding up in the air, several Maunakea observatories that rely on NSF grants could be impacted, said Doug Simons, director of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy."
(more at link)
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...-cutbacks/
"The National Science Foundation, the federal agency that funds science and engineering research, fired 10% of its workforce in February to comply with an executive order aimed at reducing the federal workforce.
Since then, rumors have abounded that Trump, amidst a long string of federal downsizing, was eyeing deeper cuts for NSF and NASA, with billions of dollars and thousands of employees potentially on the chopping block.
With federal funding up in the air, several Maunakea observatories that rely on NSF grants could be impacted, said Doug Simons, director of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy."
(more at link)