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NSF celebrates its 75th anniversary on May 10th.

The best way we can celebrate decades of innovation and service is to let NSF remain an *independent* science agency at the forefront of global discovery.
May 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story.

*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.

The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:

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April 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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#WithoutNSF Essential training for 17 Ph. D graduates working at Amazon, Facebook, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, SalesForce, Google, Department of Defense, Argonne National Labs and various CS departments across the country. Research projects involving 94 undergraduate students.
April 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#WithoutNSF we wouldn't have software that allows us to automatically monitor trees (for things like forestry), wildlife (for management and conservation), and livestock using drones and airplanes.

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April 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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I wouldn’t have a career #WithoutNSF - funding from the NSF has kept the lights on in my lab, trained postdocs, programmers, grad students, undergrads - all of whom have become scientists of their own mettle. We’ve developed numerous open-source tools, published genomes, and continue to science.
Why is the U.S. National Science Foundation important?

Please share your stories!

Use the hashtags #WithoutNSF or #WithoutScience
April 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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#WithoutNSF ‘s support I would not have been able to teach >8000 undergraduate students in my 25+ year career as a biology professor. No grants, no job, no promotions.
April 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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#WithoutNSF I wouldn’t be a scientist.
- I got in an NSF REU Program and learned about grad school.
- I did my PhD funded by 2 different NSF grants.
- As a postdoc, I was an NSF RCN participant, building my network.
- I got tenure with an NSF RAPID grant.
- I got promoted with an NSF EPSCoR grant.
April 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM