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NSF Grants Down The National Science Foundation (NSF) will award around 6,100 new grants, a 30% decrease from the previous year. By the end of the fiscal year, the foundation will have awarded approximately 6,100 new research grants, 46% fewer than the average from 2021-2024. This is the lowest number of new grants awarded by the NSF in over forty years. The application process for a research grant at the NSF typically involves independent review, followed by review at a division level, which then finalizes funding. As of August 19, the foundation had awarded 5,684 new grants, with around 400 more applications pending. All new applications were due by August 3, so the estimated yearly total is around 6,100 grants. Chemist Jarret Wilcoxen from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee requested equipment for his laboratory and twenty other laboratories in the region. He comments on the application process: "The applications were not rejected, but they have not been fully approved with funding either." The 43-day government shutdown at the beginning of the fiscal year delayed hundreds of panel meetings, and funding for new grants did not begin until mid-April. In July, the foundation recalled around $300 million from two directorates, affecting over 150 applications that had already been recommended for funding. Cuts to regular NSF programs for the X-Labs initiative began earlier, and the current numbers show the scope of these cuts for the entire fiscal year. An internal NSF registry, seen by Nature, shows that $1,016,862,632 is being held from the foundation's $8.8 billion annual budget, which is not available for regular grant programs. 🔗 Read original →