{"id":7106,"date":"2025-02-18T22:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/national-science-foundation-fires-168-workers-on-trumps-order\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T22:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T22:24:25","slug":"national-science-foundation-fires-168-workers-on-trumps-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/national-science-foundation-fires-168-workers-on-trumps-order\/","title":{"rendered":"National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers on Trump\u2019s Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration on Tuesday cut more than 10 percent of the work force at the National Science Foundation, an independent agency that supports cutting-edge scientific research, adding to the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/us\/politics\/energy-department-layoffs.html\" title=\"\">widespread purge of federal workers<\/a> with probationary status that began last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Michael England, a spokesman for the foundation, said in a statement that the agency fired 168 probationary employees, and that it \u201chad approximately 1,450 career employees prior to the cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe thank these employees for their service to N.S.F. and their contributions to advance the agency mission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/madeleine-ngo#latest\" title=\"\">ordered agencies last week to terminate most of an estimated 200,000 government workers on probation<\/a>, and mass firings began to cascade through the government, with some departments laying off more than a thousand employees at a time. Other agencies, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/us\/politics\/irs-layoffs.html\" title=\"\">the Internal Revenue Service<\/a>, are still preparing to lay off thousands more employees this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the weekend, cuts <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/18\/us\/politics\/fda-cdc-health-department-trump.html\" title=\"\">targeting scientists and public health officials<\/a> rattled through the civil service. An estimated 1,200 employees at the National Institutes of Health, the nation\u2019s premier biomedical research agency, have already been dismissed. Employees at the N.S.F. were told earlier this month to expect a total reduction in its work force of 25 to 50 percent, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plans publicly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Workers on probation do not receive the same protections that many other federal employees have. Probationary periods tend to last a year, but they can be longer for certain positions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The N.S.F. and the N.I.H. are the two cornerstones of public research funding in the United States. The N.S.F. focuses on nonmedical scientific research, supporting advanced research on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/focus-areas\/quantum\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">quantum computing<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/focus-areas\/artificial-intelligence\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/public.nrao.edu\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">observation of outer space<\/a>, and the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/focus-areas\/materials\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">creation of new advanced materials<\/a> used in electronics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The list of scientific breakthroughs accomplished with N.S.F. funding is expansive, but the foundation has supported the development of society-changing inventions like <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/impacts\/internet\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the internet<\/a>, smartphones, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/impacts\/mri\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">M.R.I. scanning<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/science-matters\/invention-impact-story-lasik-eye-surgery\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LASIK eye surgery<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/impacts\/3d-printing\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">3-D printing<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/impacts\/kidney-exchanges\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">kidney transplants<\/a>, lithium-ion batteries, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/impacts\/doppler\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">radar<\/a>, LED lights and 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