National Science Foundation Fails to Escape Suit From Academics

The National Science Foundation will have to continue facing claims that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act when the organization terminated about 1,600 grants worth more than $1 billion from its $9 billion budget, a district court ruled Wednesday.

The American Association of Physics Teachers Inc. and other groups’ APA claims are sufficiently pleaded with regards to the NSF’s 2025 “change in priorities” decision that allegedly caused a mass termination of grants and froze new grant awards, Judge Jia M. Cobb said in an order. The US District Court for the District of Columbia partially denied the NSF’s motion ...