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  • loaded language: 'bent itself into pretzels'
  • loaded language: 'rare and used only in extreme situations'
  • framing: Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold
  • editorializing: The administration has bent itself into pretzels to continue actions against universities it dislikes
  • vague attribution: Legal scholars who spoke to Nature, Agency staff members who spoke to Nature on condition of anonymity
  • omitted response: a named/criticized party is given no chance to respond

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NSF Places Restrictions on New Research Grants to Select Universities

The NSF has restricted new research grants to Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, marking them with a note indicating that future awards are on hold. The reasons for this action are unclear, and it may conflict with a previous court ruling against such funding restrictions. Currently, 33 research proposals from these institutions are stalled, and the number of new grants awarded has significantly decreased.

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The NSF has restricted new research grants to Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, marking them with a note indicating that future awards are on hold. The reasons for this action are unclear, and it may conflict with a previous court ruling against such funding restrictions. Currently, 33 research proposals from these institutions are stalled, and the number of new grants awarded has significantly decreased.

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Loaded Language Removed

  • ✕ loaded language: 'bent itself into pretzels'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'rare and used only in extreme situations'
  • ✕ framing: Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold
  • ✕ editorializing: The administration has bent itself into pretzels to continue actions against universities it dislikes
  • ✕ vague attribution: Legal scholars who spoke to Nature, Agency staff members who spoke to Nature on condition of anonymity
  • ✕ omitted response: a named/criticized party is given no chance to respond

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Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold

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NSF Places Restrictions on New Research Grants to Select Universities