Comment from Gail Rosen

[200.205, 200.340] To Whom it May Concern: I am a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. I am writing in my personal capacity to oppose the proposed revisions to sections 200.205 and 200.340 that would undermine the integrity of federal grant review processes and federal science agencies' ability to identify and fund impactful research. The politicization of science threatens USA's innovation edge. Without it, we will not be able to train students across diverse institutions and multiple disciplines. It will promote a corrupt culture where only work that benefits a few will thrive and result in poor quality. Our NSF training grant was not awarded -- an award that would train students in AI to optimize agricultural methods and would benefit a rural state and an HBCU. It is directly hurting innovation in my lab, by being denied this funding. I no longer feel free to work on pressing topics that need solved because I know that they will not be the priorities of cronies. Having political appointees in the grant process resulted in the loss of over $1 million dollars that would go to fund tuition and training of 23 undergraduates on our NSF S-STEM grant that was terminated in 2025. It is terrorizing taxpaying citizens trying to contribute and advance society. These students are low-income and are already working 2 jobs and cannot afford one more blow. It shows that this administration does not care about the everyday person and only to line the pockets of their funders. Grants would no longer be merit-based and would be subject to the whims of the political elite. The taxpaying public would be lining the pockets of politicians' donors at the detriment of public health and science innovation.