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Report: DEI Is Transforming the National Science Foundation
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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Report: DEI Is Transforming the National Science Foundation

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 based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.

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