Docket number: 1:25-cv-4452 (S.D.N.Y.) On April 18, 2025, the National Science Foundation issued a Policy Directive that reorientated its research funding decisions to the original mission of pursuing scientific research that focuses on intellectual merit that has a broad impact on the country, rather than favor certain narrow classes. The National Science Foundation terminated certain projects that do not align with that mission. The National Science Foundation also implemented a cap…