# Researchers sue to block NSF from demolishing social science directorate

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Science, Nov 9, 2026, 6:50 AM · Read it: <https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-sue-block-nsf-demolishing-social-science-directorate>

Without intervention, NSF could fully close the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate in a month

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- Nov 9, 2026, 6:50 AM: [Researchers sue to block NSF from demolishing social science directorate](<https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-sue-block-nsf-demolishing-social-science-directorate>) — Science (Scientific journal, United States)
  Without intervention, NSF could fully close the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate in a month