DrWeb<p><strong>National Science Foundation staffers express concerns about ‘politically motivated and legally questionable’ Trump actions – The Hill</strong></p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Energy & Environment</a></p><p><strong>National Science Foundation staffers express concerns about ‘politically motivated and legally questionable’ Trump actions</strong></p><p>by <a href="https://thehill.com/author/rachel-frazin/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rachel Frazin</a> – 07/22/25 1:25 PM ET</p><p>Employees of the National Science Foundation (NSF) are going public with concerns about “politically motivated and legally questionable” actions by the Trump administration related to their agency.</p><p>Their concerns range from mass firings by the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency to interference with the grant process. </p><p>In particular, the employees allege that for grants “a covert and ideologically driven secondary review process by unqualified political appointees is now interfering with the scientific merit-based review system.”</p><p>The accusation and others are detailed in a letter addressed to Rep. <a href="https://thehill.com/people/zoe-lofgren/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Zoe Lofgren </a>(Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Lofgren said at a press conference that the letter was being submitted to her office as “a protected whistleblower disclosure.”</p><p>It was signed by 149 staffers, virtually all of whom signed either anonymously or whose names were redacted in the version of the letter that was made public on Tuesday.</p><p>The NSF is an independent science agency that supports scientific research across various fields including biology, engineering, computer science and geoscience.</p><p>The agency declined to comment on the letter.</p><p>Continue/Read Original Article Here: <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5413880-national-science-foundation-nsf-trump-grants-doge/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5413880-national-science-foundation-nsf-trump-grants-doge/</a></p><blockquote></blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/employees/" target="_blank">#Employees</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/grants/" target="_blank">#Grants</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/health/" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#History</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library-of-congress/" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/national-science-foundation/" target="_blank">#NationalScienceFoundation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/nsf/" target="_blank">#NSF</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/political-bias/" target="_blank">#PoliticalBias</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/resistance/" target="_blank">#Resistance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/the-hill/" target="_blank">#TheHill</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump/" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/trump-administration/" target="_blank">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a></p>