The White House terminated all members of the National Science Board, leaving the National Science Foundation without a board, director, or deputy director after the previous leadership structure was disrupted. According to reporting, the Presidential Personnel Office sent notification to board members that their positions were terminated effective immediately, and NSF later directed questions about the rationale to the White House. The move comes as NSF faces persistent budget pressure; the president’s proposed next fiscal-year budget would cut more than half of the agency’s resources, though Congress rejected a similarly large cut for the current year. For universities and research centers that rely on NSF’s role as a top federal funder of academic science and engineering, the governance vacuum raises near-term questions about program oversight, review processes, and the stability of funding pipelines. The NSF board’s oversight function is especially important during periods when universities are already navigating grant renewal risks, administrative capacity constraints, and heightened competition for research dollars.