I gave that as only one example of Jerry Coyne’s concerns. He certainly has said that “wokeness” is starting to affect university culture and science departments in the USA:
To be sure, the article I just cited wasn’t about the funding of science research in particular, but it does talk about the politicization of scientific life more generally, and hence is relevant both to some of the remarks in Turner’s article, and to the concerns of Turner’s NAS overall.
If you follow Coyne regularly, you will find more such protests about ideological concerns creeping into the university, including science departments, in the USA and in other countries. Though I disagree with him about much, I’m on his side on this point. In fact, I wrote about Jerry earlier on this site: