did:plc:lr3mw73ft4ep2lud5xdhcnc3: I didn’t know tidycensus was started with an NSF grant. What a great investment! It’s saved so many people so much time. I knew people at the Census Bureau who preferred it to the official APIs.

Kyle Walker kylewalker.bsky.social · May 7
I won an NSF grant in 2017. It funded public software tools like tidycensus that have been downloaded millions of times, saving people countless hours of work and producing considerable ROI. Behind each canceled grant lies a potential, but unrealized, story like that. www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up, with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

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I didn’t know tidycensus was started with an NSF grant. What a great investment! It’s saved so many people so much time. I knew people at the Census Bureau who preferred it to the official APIs.
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Kyle Walker kylewalker.bsky.social · May 7
yes it was! I had an early v1 going as the grant was starting in summer 2017, but the grant supported basically everything you see in the modern version of the package

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Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation