Analysis: Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” is already wearing thin FDA head uses great-sounding science standards to dismiss COVID vaccine benefits.

EXCLUSIVE: The White House Office of Science and Technology directed federal agencies to implement “Gold Standard Science" and de-politicize science and restore public trust.

My Administration is committed to restoring a gold standard for science to ensure that federally funded research is transparent, rigorous, and impactful, and that Federal decisions are informed by ...

Some researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference.

Yet some within the science community put partisanship before professionalism when it comes to the commonsense principles of Gold Standard Science – for no reason other than politics.

Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more.

Trump’s so-called Restoring Gold Standard Science executive order of May 23, 2025, resurrects many features of the EPA’s vacated rule, but it applies them to all federal agencies.

Many scientists fear the Trump administration’s new standard means putting political appointees in charge, which could undercut independent research.

Trump’s ‘Gold Standard’ for Science Manufactures Doubt By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.

President Donald Trump is set to enforce "gold standard science" in federal research, reform nuclear reactor testing and boost uranium mining to reduce foreign reliance.