Comment on FR Doc # 2026-12725 from Noam Ross

Summary: The commenter, a computational disease ecologist and co-creator of Grant Witness, urges the NSF to withdraw the proposed Guidance on Financial Assistance (GFA). They argue that the GFA prematurely aligns with unfinalized OMB regulations, removes procedural safeguards, and creates a vague "national interest" standard that allows for ideologically motivated, discretionary termination of research awards.