trump administration federal grant cancellations
Definition
A series of executive or agency-level decisions during the Trump presidency to revoke or withdraw previously approved financial awards for scientific research, arts initiatives, and non-profit programs.
A polarizing period of administrative review characterized by the prioritized redirection of federal funds away from climate change studies, social research, and advocacy groups deemed contrary to the administration's policy objectives.
Examples
The sheer efficiency with which the Trump administration orchestrated federal grant cancellations was truly a masterclass in how to turn a research grant into a disappearing act.
One could admire the Trump administration's federal grant cancellations as a creative form of austerity where money is neither spent nor saved, but simply escorted out of the building.
It is quite impressive how the Trump administration performed the vanishing trick on federal grant cancellations, ensuring that the only thing left on the ledger was the silence of frustrated academics.