DOGE recently praised the National Science Foundation (NSF) for ending 402 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) grants totaling $233 million for Americans.

The hundreds of millions in cuts announced in an NSF update earlier this week may be seen as a realignment of government priorities, moving away from politically charged movements and returning to its core mission: improving innovation and stability for the American economy.

Within the recently canceled projects was a $1 million grant titled “Antiracist Teacher Leadership for Statewide Transformation,” which may come across to some as having little to do with actual science and everything to do with indoctrination.

“Great work by @NSF canceling 402 wasteful DEI grants ($233M in savings), including $1M for “Antiracist Teacher Leadership for Statewide Transformation,” DOGE wrote in a post to X.

“Grant awards will be based on merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence,” the department added.

The move is one of many that shows that DOGE and the Trump administration are successfully cutting wasteful DEI programs to focus on more realistic research goals, as previously covered by The Dallas Express.

NSF, which was founded in 1950 to allegedly promote scientific advancement and national defense, emphasized that new and current awards must be “aligned with agency priorities,” hopefully rooted more clearly in merit over identity-based politics.

“Today, NSF announced it is terminating awards not aligned with agency priorities, ensuring current & new awards are consistent with our mission.” the Foundation posted. “We are committed to creating opportunities for all Americans everywhere, without exclusion of any groups.”

In an era of rising deficits and increasing scrutiny of big government spending, the NSF’s shift, backed by the push from DOGE’s investigators, may be one of the clearest signals yet that virtue signaling excess is losing favor to efficiency, and accountability in the feds.

For taxpayers footing the bill for DEI projects, these recent cuts are a refreshing reminder that common sense may still linger in Washington.