At an emotional meeting, foundation officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come.

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It wasn’t until the 1950 establishment of the National Science Foundation (NSF), the largest funding source for basic research in the country, that America became a powerhouse of modernization. F or most of the past century,

Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.

Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more Feature  With the National Science Foundation cutting staff to comply with President Trump's order for sweeping federal government layoffs,

Nearly 170 employees at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who were still on probation were fired by the Trump administration on Tuesday, union officials told The Hill. The cuts at the agency responsible for funding scientific research hit more than 10 percent of their staff,

At an emotional meeting, NSF officials announced layoffs for about 10 percent of their workforce and warned of more firings to come

The National Science Foundation fired 168 employees this week, a spokesperson disclosed, to comply with executive orders from the White House to reduce the federal workforce. It amounts to about 10% of the foundation's payroll.