What are the real costs of the Trump administration’s cuts to public science in 2025? The Partnership for Public Service’s new data and storytelling product, The Unraveling of Public Science, documents the harms the administration made across the country—disrupting life-saving biomedical research, uprooting nearly 100,000 jobs across science agencies, and undermining efforts to protect American families by slashing critical health research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by over half and eliminating conservation efforts entirely at the Environmental Protection Agency. The consequences of these cuts are felt through ripple effects that affect our health, safety and economic stability. Learn more about what’s at stake by visiting The Unraveling of Public Science here.

NEW: The Partnership for Public Service just launched The Unraveling of Public Science, a resource that documents how dramatically the Trump administration has changed the federal science landscape to the detriment of Americans’ health. Cuts to federal funding, programs and workforce have destabilized the health and safety of families across the country, cutting literal lifelines for hundreds of people enrolled in cancer clinical trials and thousands more who had stable incomes. As data disappears from agency websites and headlines, this resource pairs data with the human stories behind them. From the food we eat and the water we drink to the air we breathe and the medicines we take, The Unraveling of Public Science highlights what’s at stake when public science is undermined. You can find news stories about: ➡️ The $230 million in funding wasted through forced layoffs of staff who worked to improve health outcomes in North Carolina ➡️ Veterans in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who can no longer receive cancer treatments ️➡️ Cuts to the Food and Drug Administration that create worry over food safety risks and related illnesses ➡️ Farmers in Colorado can no longer rely on research to produce drought-resistant crops and improve soil health, impacting their ability to feed America Learn how federal science cuts affect you and share the real stories you find in The Unraveling of Public Science.

NEW: @ourpublicservice.bsky.social's The Unraveling of Public Science shows the alarming impact of the Trump administration's cuts on public science in 2025. Explore data and stories on how these cuts are hurting the economy and families across the nation.

What are the costs of public science cuts in 2025? Nearly 40% of government-wide workforce decreases occurred in science agencies working to protect our health and communities. @ourpublicservice.bsky.social's The Unraveling of Public Science shows the full scale of loss.

American lives and decades of progress are on the line because of public science cuts. Project grant spending supporting food and agriculture fell by 55%, straining food inspections and weakening farms. Read more from @ourpublicservice.bsky.social.