NATURE BRIEFING

27 April 2026

All 22 members of the board that oversees the US National Science Foundation have been dismissed without explanation. Plus, the going rate for a fake authorship and how the funding system can adapt to a surge in AI-written grant proposals.

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Researchers serving on the National Science Board, which advises the US National Science Foundation, received a brief e-mail on Friday telling them that they had been dismissed. Credit: Briscoe Savoy for Nature

Trump fires entire NSF advisory board

On Friday, all 22 members of the board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF) — a leading funder of basic science — were fired by the administration of US President Donald Trump, without explanation .…