Caro Flores on Nostr: Worried about research and universities in #Portugal being DOGE-d: the government ...

Worried about research and universities in #Portugal being DOGE-d: the government just extinguished the country's main public #research and #science funding body, without consulting researchers at all, to merge it with an agency focused on "innovation". Looks like a way to move funding from public universities and basic research (already under-funded) to start-ups and "unicorns" coming up with dodgy apps. #politics #highered https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/fct/governo/e-uma-tragedia-que-caiu-que-nem-uma-bomba-cientistas-chocados-com-extincao-da-fct-sem-aviso-previo/20250731/688bbcdfd34e3f0baea1297d