Peleg Kremer

Sample Call Script: Hi, my name is _______________ and I am calling about recent cuts to NSF grants. These cuts were made by political appointees, without input from the non-political scientists and program staff. I strongly oppose cuts to programs that are critical to American innovation, national security, and leadership. I urge/demand Congressman/Senator ____________________ to do everything in his/her power to protect NSF funding and stop the politicization of science.

Per the opening, submissions will also help Dem staffers find people to have confidential conversations with.

Let your voice be heard! Can be *both* via the form above and calling your elected representatives.

For some NSF-specific inspiration on #SaveNSF: www.savensf.com/take-action

(c) Discriminatory prohibited boycott means refusing to deal, cutting commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies or with companies doing business in or with Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of Israel to do business. The term discriminatory prohibited boycott also includes an academic boycott of Israel in which an educational or research institution enacts or implements restrictive policies, or otherwise participates in activities having the object or effect of restricting ongoing or potential academic, educational, or research institutions. Notwithstanding any restriction on the applicability of other NSF rules and regulations, the requirements in paragraph (c) applies to both foreign and domestic institutions receiving funding from the NSF.

(a) By accepting the award, recipients are certifying that: (i) They do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws; and (ii) They do not engage in and will not during the term of this award engage in, a discriminatory prohibited boycott. (3) NSF reserves the right to terminate financial assistance awards and recover all funds if recipients, during the term of this award, operate any program in violation of Federal antidiscriminatory laws or engage in a prohibited boycott.

🚨🚨 Alarming NSF policy update

By accepting an NSF award, an institution now must say it's:

1. Not engaging in boycotts of Israel (yes really)

2. Not advancing or promoting DEI in violation of anti-discrimination laws

Announced via a footnote today: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/gc1-ma...

Researchers remap the world's rivers to improve flood modelling | A team led by researchers at the University of Oxford has created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and

NEW: Researchers have created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-05...

A Letter to the Computing Research Community from Greg Hager Last week, CRA shared the news that Greg Hager would be stepping down as NSF Assistant Director for the CISE Directorate. As a follow-up to that announcement, we are sharing the following letter fr…

🧪 The head of NSF's computer science directorate, Greg Hager, just resigned.

"My ability to carry out my vision, to provide a voice for computing research, and to provide authentic leadership to the community are diminished to the point that I can have more impact outside NSF than within it."

NSF programs are critical to US prosperity. NIH mostly biomedical. NSF spans *all* physical and social sciences.

Fighting the attacks: Democracy Forward, Public Citizen, Protect Democracy

links: democracyforward.org/action/donate/
www.citizen.org/article/publ...
protectdemocracy.org/donate/

Second post below seems to confirm or at least suggest what others have speculated:

Last week’s pause in new NSF awards & continuing grant increments was due to the sudden change to 15% indirect rates

(which is already now being challenged in court, as of yesterday)

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation A Girl Looking at a Physics Model TAKE ACTION Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation. Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work. Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!

Has a take action toolkit with:

1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points

Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.

www.savensf.com

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)!

#AcademicSky

NSF has two kinds of grants, standard (where all of the awarded $ is issued up front) and continuing (where the awarded $ is issued in yearly increments). It sounds like they're freezing any expenditures on awarded continuing grants and not making any new awards for now. Disastrous for US science. 🧪

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Action Plan & Appeal for Illegal NSF Grant terminations [RedactedProjectName] Action Plan for Response to Illegal NSF Grant termination ***This document - with Background, Action Plan, & Appeal Letter - was compiled by a fellow researcher appealing their N...

🧪💪I know folks are struggling to appeal #NSF grant terminations

I created a generic GD version of our team's response plan, including a draft appeal*, based on compiled guidance.

*Not a lawyer, best guess! Also, DMs open for ?/feedback. @davidimiller.bsky.social

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

From a reliable source:
NSF’s budget cuts will be worse than they could ever have expected, and that almost all broadening participation programs will be killed. NSF is moving everything to standard grants only, with remaining budgets to paying down the mortgage from each program. 1/5

a welcome development for the American Psychological Association (APA) starting to speak up, now after 1,000+ terminated NSF grants

American Psychological Association speaks up after NSF terminates 1,000+ grants!

“By halting research of this type we risk denying individuals high-quality care based solely on their heritage or background..our ability to understand & deliver effective services to ALL Americans..will be diminished”

NSF terminates Northwestern grants Starting on April 18, the National Science Foundation has canceled hundreds of project grants at universities, including at least five at Northwestern. The latest slew of terminations comes amid the NSF’s...

NSF joins NIH in terminating Northwestern grants

AAUP is releasing lots of great information for academics. Here’s essential reading for anyone with funding from NSF.

“Understanding the Law and Policies for Grant Terminations
for the National Science Foundation” 🧪

www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

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share your cancelled NSF grants here airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵

On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE).

The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases:

"not subject to appeal"

📌

AND IT IS ADOPTED. #COP16 www.cbd.int/doc/c/1680/7...

Got a class of any kind? This is a cool program run by a cool human in a time when we all need a little outreach.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump.

Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

Say it ain't so, @deepseadawn.bsky.social !!!

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

If you care about science & higher ed in America right now, your world has changed.

We have been forced into a battle we didn’t choose.

Whatever our titles, our jobs now also includes emergency response, psychological first aid, organizing & many other things we weren’t trained in

What Makes Bluesky the New ‘It’ Space for Urbanists Planners are turning to the up-and-coming platform, as well as other social media, to expand their reach and increase community engagement.

NEW: What makes BLUESKY the new “IT” place for Urbanists? It’s pretty significant that the American Planning Association is putting this out there to its huge membership. I was interviewed for it, as was @mitchellsilver.bsky.social & others.

Please share!

@bsky.app www.planning.org/planning/202...

Our new report on climate disinfo is out. It shows Canadians believe a range of known climate disinfo narratives including the idea that “our” oil is somehow more ethical than other countries’ 🤔

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

We've got 80 awesome geo women+ on this list now. I know there are more who should be on here! Please tag them or comment if you'd like to be added.
go.bsky.app/Ay1iTTe
#gischat

There are multiple folks working on collecting the data that's being deleted & finding accessible repositories for it, such as Internet Archive, a KFF project, etc. @healthjournalism.org is doing this as well. If you have data you can share, pls email andrea at healthjournalism.org