dangaristo.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In response to our questions, an NSF spokesperson said that SBE has not been shut down. But with zero SBE-specific funding opportunities, no review panels, and dwindling numbers of staff, it's hard to see the directorate continuing for much longer. 000
dangaristo.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026But no part was hit as hard as SBE, which went from an average of 800 new grants to just 91, a precipitous, 90% decline. SBE spent just 95 million on new grants, far less than its average of 247 million. 000
dangaristo.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Announcement now up.nsf.govNSF leadership in a new golden age of scienceThe U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has... 000