The White House's upcoming budget proposal is expected to implement widespread cuts for much of the government's discretionary spending, and the National Science Foundation stands to be severely affected. Lane, a former director of the NSF, said the projected cut would kill American science.
In this piece, Lane -- science advisor to President Bill Clinton and senior fellow in science and technology policy at Baker Institute -- discusses the appointment of Michael Kratsios as science advisor to President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders sent shockwaves through Harvard as future funding from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation remains temporarily frozen. Given Harvard’s deep reliance on federal support, Lane said the freeze was unprecedented and will be difficult to reverse.
Donald Trump has nominated Michael Kratsios as his science adviser, a selection that marks a clear break from a long tradition in which presidential science advisers bore top degrees and deep science roots. Lane, who served as President Bill Clinton’s science adviser, said the nomination of Mr. Kratsios represented a profound shift.