Scientists are raising the alarm over a White House proposal that would give political appointees control over federal scientific grants.
The rule would end the longstanding peer review process for grantmaking and ban research on diversity and gender topics.
Researchers warn the changes could harm fields from cancer treatment to climate science and set American research back years.
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Scientists across multiple disciplines are sounding the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide whether to approve scientific grants.
