Opportunity to comment - politicization of research

[Mathematics Education Researchers (MER) community]

Forwarded Message:

hi folks,
this is a good chance to weigh in.

A new rule would let career scientists and social scientists such as NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees. There are many public comments already - please add your voice!
The deadline is this Friday 5/23. Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and comments from people with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06904/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service
or shorturl.at/WKuBj. if you are sharing via social media.

For more about this move on the so-called Schedule F, see this editorial at
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady6128


Some tips about commenting from Jon Freeman. ‪@freemanjb.bsky.social
You can begin your comment with something like:
- "I strongly oppose the proposed Schedule F rule”
- "The proposed rule will damage U.S. science and innovation”
Then you could mention:
- Any experience with NSF, NIH, or other agencies
- The risk of replacing career experts with political loyalists
- Why unbiased standards and the integrity & credibility of federally-funded science matters
- How this could impact science, tech, public health, or innovation




thanks
Sandra Laursen

Sandra Laursen, Ph.D. (she, her, hers)

Senior Research Associate and Director
Ethnography & Evaluation Research (E&ER)
Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences (CARTSS)
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