미국의 새 자금 지원 규칙 제안: 우리는 언제든 어떤 보조금도 취소할 수 있다

The proposed OMB rule fundamentally shifts U.S. federal research funding decisions from merit-based peer review to executive political discretion, enabling the administration to cancel grants without justification and reject research deemed ideologically misaligned. The framework deprioritizes peer evaluation, restricts Chinese researcher collaboration, and bans DEI, gender studies, and disparate-impact research—criteria rooted in cultural politics rather than scientific merit. This threatens research independence and introduces policy uncertainty that could significantly chill scientific innovation and international academic partnerships.