The FIRST Act would reauthorize the National Science Foundation, but its provisions would amount, to quote White House science adviser John Holdren, to «adding congress as
reviewers» of
NSF grant proposals.
I am an expert
reviewer of AERES («Agence d'évaluation de la recherche et de l'enseignement supérieur», France),
reviewer of
grant proposals for the National Science Foundation (
NSF), USA and Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), as well as
reviewer of several scientific journals.