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FYI Deep Dive: Research Security
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Where the Trump administration has and has not stuck to the conservative policy blueprint
Agency representatives said implementing research security requirements has not been hindered by Trump administration cuts.
Provisions on research security, grant policies, indirect cost rates, and more are packed into the latest version of the NDAA.
Higher ed associations are protesting the policy’s “enormously broad definitions” and disclosure requirements.
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Agency Highlights: Department of Energy
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NSF and the Department of Commerce have scrubbed references to the dangers of political interference in science from official agency policy documents.
The organization’s National Research Council cut back on federal money for its scientific work in 2025.
However, the agency’s proposed rule would remove requirements to keep radiation “as low as reasonably achievable.”
The agency released plans to develop a quantum computer to advance scientific R&D following two presidential orders on quantum.
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