United States: Trump administration seeks to tie research funding to its priorities
According to Le Monde, the US administration plans to require research projects seeking funding to comply with “government priorities” from October. The newspaper reports that Donald Trump believes American science is marked by “woke ideology.”
In the United States, Donald Trump’s administration has announced a planned change to the conditions for accessing research funding. According to Le Monde, projects eligible for support will have to comply with “government priorities” from October.
The newspaper reports that the US president considers the country’s science to be affected by “woke ideology.” The available information does not specify either the content of these priorities or how projects’ compliance would be assessed.
A risk raised in relation to China
In its analysis, Le Monde believes that this direction could leave US research at risk of falling behind China. This assessment is attributed to the newspaper; the information provided does not include a numerical comparison between the two countries or specify the scientific fields concerned.
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