Erin Becker
erinstellabecker.bsky.social
Erin Becker
@erinstellabecker.bsky.social
Views are my own.
@carpentries.carpentries.org‬ just announced that we're withdrawing our NSF POSE proposal for the same reasons. carpentries.org/blog/2025/06... It's reassuring to see others taking this stance.
Announcing Withdrawal of NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems Proposal
In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program. This project would position The Carpentr...
carpentries.org
June 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reposted by Erin Becker
Here is UW - Madison's budget. Our <largest> funder is the federal government. 25%. It used to be the state. Either way, the university in its current form ceases to exist if these federal cuts really happen. But The. Public. Doesn't. Know. This. And our leaders are absent from the public debate.
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM