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‘Hilariously Naïve’: Cornell Researchers React to Sen. Cruz’s Scrutiny of NSF Grants
Following Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-T.X.) release of a report detailing how the National Science Foundation funding “flows to support left-wing ideological crusades masked as ‘academic research,’” Cornell researchers have reacted with both criticism and support. Cruz, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee chairman, released a database on Feb. 11 identifying over 3,400 National Science Foundation grants — including 22 awarded to Cornell — as “promot[ing] Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanc[ing] neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda.” How NSF Funding Is Awarded The NSF — an independent executive agency — funds fundamental research in science and engineering, excluding medical sciences. The 22 Cornell NSF grants scrutinized by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman…
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Sen. Cruz-Led Investigation Labels $18.7M in Cornell Research Grants as Promoting DEI, ‘Neo-Marxist Class Warfare Propaganda’
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-T.X.) released a database of over 3,400 grants awarded by the National Science Foundation that he is requesting the agency conduct “significant scrutiny” of for “promot[ing] Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or advanc[ing] neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda,” detailed a Feb. 11 press release. Of the listed projects, 22 were from Cornell, accumulating $18.7 million in NSF funding. This database was the “backbone” of Cruz’s October investigation into “how the Biden administration politicized scientific research,” according to the press release. The committee analysis named “Division. Extremism. Ideology.” found that more than 10 percent of NSF grants, or over $2.05 billion in federal dollars, funded…