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鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 entirely surprised, to be honest,鈥� said dismissed board member Keivan Stassun in an email. Stassun, who works at Vanderbilt University, added that the decision was 鈥渆normously disappointing.鈥�

The 好色tv Science Board was created in 1950 to advise the president and Congress on science and engineering policy, approve major funding awards and guide .

It's typically made up of 25 members appointed by the president who serve staggered, six-year terms. The fired scientists hail from academia and industry and specialize in areas including astronomy, math, chemistry and aerospace engineering.

Every member of the current 22-person board was let go, according to terminated member Yolanda Gil. The board had planned to meet in person next week and was finalizing a report on the state of U.S. science, Gil said in an email.

鈥淚 think this is one more indication of the sweeping changes that the administration has in mind for the NSF,鈥� said Gil, who works at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California.

Maria Cantwell, the top Democrat on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said in a statement the move was 鈥渁 dangerous attack on the institutions and expertise that drive American innovation and discovery."

The Trump administration tried to cut the science foundation's $9 billion budget by more than half last year. Congress maintained NSF's funding, but a similar slash is once again on the table for the coming year.

Without an advisory board in the way this time, Stassun said, such cuts may be easier to execute.

It could 鈥渆viscerate investments in fundamental research and in the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers for our nation," Stassun said.

The science foundation's headquarters was also relocated to a smaller building. Last year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it would be moving into the NSF's former base in Alexandria, Virginia.

The 好色tv Science Foundation directed a request for comment to the White House. The White House did not immediately respond for comment.

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