Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
Monday, March 10, 2025 - 15:14
in Mathematics & Economics
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. In a press release issued late on Friday, the department wrote that it would “focus on the most impactful technologies” and that research it funds “must address pressing needs to develop and field advanced military capabilities.” “[DOD] does not do climate change crap,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X on Sunday. “We do training and war fighting.” The cuts include the entire Minerva Research Initiative, a landmark project established in 2008 “to help DOD better understand...