The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding

hn_throwaway_99

These people who work for this administration are all so grossly and maliciously incompetent.

ChrisArchitect

Related: Banned Words List https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319573

etchalon

This is what right-wing Twitter brain gets you.

dools

The trump admin is a hive of scum and villainy worthy of a comic book universe, and Musk is inextricably linked. Thus anyone using twitter or grok or buying a Tesla or using starlink is complicit. EDIT: or working for these companies!! Couldn’t pay me enough to do it.

whatever1

Math professors at my alma mater were instructed to remove references to “inequalities” to increase their chances of getting funded. The <= and >= type of inequalities.

deadbabe

I wonder if just injecting a typo into each banned word when its used will be enough to bypass the keyword search for auto-banning.

blints

Under the previous administration there were keyword lists that ensured that not only would you not get funding, but were subjected to a humiliating self-criticism session before being professionally ruined.

wnevets

Its important to note that US deficit spending is breaking records. They can't even pretend that they're saving money. [1] https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/u-budget-d...

soundworlds

"Humanities" is literally on the list. As in, do not fund any Humanities research. Also not allowed to use "solar energy", "Geothermal energy", "EV infrastructure", "electrification", "Hydrogen energy". Welp, America, you either gotta kick this administration out, or enjoy cosplaying the 1800s.

bluecalm

Why not use an LLM to filter research they don't want to fund? Keywords list seem like the dumbest way to go about it.

floren

Biologists I know were reporting that they'd changed their grant proposals to study e.g. ovarian cancer in "non-male" mice

giardini

Merely being on a list doesn't cancel research - other factors are involved. But as a first pass methodology for identifying garbage studies and people giving money away to politically-unfavorable groups, this seems like a good start!8-))

dluan

Americas cultural revolution

happosai

You would think the "Freedom of speech" crowd was up to to arms over a list of banned words from the deep government. But no, they still seem to busy on Twitter ä being angry about a Muslim Mayor in New York.