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Report: DEI Is Transforming the National Science Foundation
“This shift in emphasis of NSF grants is happening at the same time the American public says its faith in the scientific community is declining,” writes Rupa Subramanya for The Free Press. (Waltraud Grubitzsch via Getty, illustration by The Free Press)
Government-funded grants favor research exploring ‘white supremacy’ and ‘non-normative forms of gender and sexuality' according to new analysis.
By Rupa Subramanya
10.09.24 — U.S. Politics
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If you thought the august National Science Foundation focused only on string theory or the origins of life, you haven’t spent much time in a university lab lately. Thanks to a major shift endorsed by the Biden administration, recent grants have gone to researchers seeking to identify “hegemonic narratives” and their effect on “non-normative forms of gen…

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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer for The Free Press. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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