重组后，NSF 希望雇用更多员工，但减少招聘

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在去年大幅裁员之后，美国国家科学基金会 (NSF) 现在正在寻求雇用更多员工。

负责确定 NSF 政策的国家科学委员会于 2 月 25 日召开会议。 At the meeting, NSF’s chief management officer,Micah Cheatham, said the agency is seeking approval to bring staffing numbers up to “at least” a level allowed by President Trump’s federal FY26 budget request.奇塔姆没有透露该机构打算雇用多少名员工。

In 2025, NSF faced multiple waves of staffing reductions, first from a Department of Government Efficiency-related executive order on “workforce optimization,” then three additional rounds via a deferred resignation program that offered employees the choice to enter a period of administrative leave followed by resignation or retirement. 2024 年 9 月至 2025 年 10 月期间，NSF 总共损失了 18.3% 的员工。

“今天，我们的[薪资]人数约为 1,300 人，”Cheatham 在董事会会议上表示，“这太低了。”

Cheatham said the 2025 staff reductions reduced the ratio of executives to nonexecutives, which he called “extreme,” and reduced bureaucratic distance between staff. “Most employees at this time last year had five layers of management between the heads of the agency and themselves. Now, today, most employees just have three layers,” he said.

In June, NSF was also evicted from its headquarters in Alexandria, Va.. Since then, staff have been working remotely and out of multiple other government buildings.

Uncertainty over the agency’s funding, fear of retaliation, and lack of job stability led to a loss of expertise and an uptick in early retirement and resignation, a July letter from NSF employees alleged.

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