We were just kids in Sonoma County when we first felt the urgency—from summers filled with thickened smoke and anxious harvests during record-breaking heat. As scientists, we’re trying to do something about it, but the funding that makes our work possible is being destroyed.
Scientists are the reason we have defeated deadly diseases, landed on the moon and led global innovation. With devastating budget cuts to crucial funding sources like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we are abandoning science and we are abandoning our future. From agricultural advancements that secure our food supply to groundbreaking medical discoveries, federal funding is critical to our long-term wellbeing.
Proposed cuts to the federal agencies that fund scientific research threaten to compromise America’s longstanding role as a research powerhouse This identity is rooted in its robust research enterprise, especially in states like California. As the fourth largest economy in the world, California’s success is powered in large part by its investment in science and technology, which fuels economic growth, contributes to national security, attracts global talent and trains the next generation of researchers…