Overview
- Board members received terse emails from the Presidential Personnel Office Friday stating their positions were "terminated, effective immediately."
- The National Science Board is a congressionally created panel with staggered six‑year terms that must approve NSF budgets and advise the president and Congress.
- A White House official cited constitutional questions from the Supreme Court’s U.S. v. Arthrex decision and said the National Science Foundation’s work continues.
- It remains unclear who will replace the dismissed members or how near‑term budget approvals and a May 5 board meeting will proceed.
- The action follows repeated proposals to cut NSF funding by more than half and months of grant delays, which researchers say could leave labs waiting longer for awards and students without support.