> Further I can't imagine Trump is going to be cutting engineering research, they're more likely to cancel gender/DEI research, which isn't exactly regarded as especially high quality research (even if it's only 10-15 million in funding)

No need to imagine:

https://www.rdworldonline.com/nsf-layoffs-in-2025-deep-budge...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/03/03/more...

https://www.wired.com/story/national-science-foundation-febr...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43152470

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43166830