Comment on FR Doc # 2026-12725 from Colleen Tepen
AnonymousOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter opposes the proposed NSF information collection, arguing that it imposes excessive institutional requirements and economic impacts on grantees. They characterize the action as a regulatory overreach that threatens scientific independence and academic freedom.
The NSF proposal creates additional institutional requirements, imposes significant economic impacts on grantees, and implements sweeping regulatory control over institutes of higher education via information collection. This attempt to regulate speech and academic freedom at independent universities is a gross overreach of NSF's authority.
This is another direct threat to scientific independence, public health, and evidence-based decision-making.