PNN – The American newspaper wrote: The plan of the Donald Trump administration to reduce federal scientific forces and university research funding has worried American scientists.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the New York Times, referring to the establishment of a scientific gathering in the oldest American scientific association in Boston, wrote: The annual gathering discussed threats to humanity, including artificial intelligence, “chemicals forever” (toxic products used in food packaging), and the eventual end of the world.
According to this American newspaper, the most immediate threat in the opinion of many scientists present at this meeting, which targets their research activities, is Trump’s plan to reduce the federal scientific force and cut off billions of dollars in scientific research funding in universities.
American scientists are concerned that sweeping changes are still to come and will affect the funding of scientific research. The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation annually fund thousands of projects and support hundreds of thousands of researchers and other research projects at institutions in every state in the United States.
These two scientific institutions also provided the financial cornerstone for efforts in America to cure cancer, address rising sea levels, advance quantum computing, and more.
One of Trump’s goals has been research on the climate issue. Trump has long downplayed the threats posed by humans’ role in global warming.
Science leaders in the US have warned of the threat of sudden policy changes and funding cuts by the Trump administration, saying the disruption risks undermining vital health care and research.
As Congress tries to set a March 14th deadline for the next fiscal year’s spending bill, next month could be “one of the most important months in the history of science and technology” in America, says Parikh, president of the American Academy of Sciences.
Trump and his adviser Elon Musk are seeking to cut trillions from the federal budget, including through drastic cuts in government jobs. They have already cut billions of dollars in research funding and thousands of jobs at agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, alarming the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. The purpose of this American scientific organization is to regulate and help advance science in the world through different educational methods and direct support to scientists.