The proposal includes entirely removing the directorate of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, which includes the division Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, which then houses Cognitive Neuroscience. The directorate of Biological Sciences proposes a more than 70% cut, with similar cuts to other STEM directorates. Per the request:

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects.

It's unfortunate that anti-scientific appointees are now running the agency controlling US basic science funding. If you live in the United States, please call your representatives to ask them not to dismantle basic science in the US. This is especially important if you live in a red state.

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Cutting by negative % 🧐

[–] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I've found that people misinterpret percentage decreases as odds ratios unless I include the negative sign. The negative sign following decrease language is at best redundant and at worst actually means what is technically opposite to what I want to convey, but including it appears to make things clearer for folks for whatever reason.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Scientists being sneaky