Ben Samuels

Graph showing NIH funding for new and competitive renewal grants for fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The fiscal year 2025 curve is substantially below the fiscal year 2024 curve.

Update on funding curves and late non-competitive renewals.

First, funding curves for new and competitive renewals.

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Northwestern is deficit spending ~$10M/week to keep their research going while NIH invoices and new awards are not being paid. Admirable for NU, but not sustainable.

I recommend splitting it up so each panel is as close as possible to the relevant text

<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library Chronic stress is a physiological state marked by dysregulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and high circulating levels of stress hormones, such as corticosterone in mice or cortisol i...

Our latest manuscript, authored by a recent graduate of the lab, Dr. Thomas Degroat, continuing our exploration of chronic stress and the adBNST transcriptome and CRF neuronal excitability.

All NIDA F31 diversity scholars officially losing their funding...

I barely have words.

Expected at this point but so so disappointing and unfair. We are effectively punishing some of America's best science students for telling the government they are from an underrepresented community.

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Implementation of Schedule F

This is what a lot of us have been worried about.

This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.

BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...

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Please consider making a public comment opposing the possibility of making NIH directors, program officers, and other staff (e.g. SRO, GMS) political appointees. This only took me ~90 seconds. Please repost. Thanks 👍

🚨This seems to suggest that no institution with any programs to enable diversity, equity, or inclusion towards any group can accept NIH grants. Anyone have insight into how broadly this is being interpreted?

Northwestern has not received any demands from the federal government related to the funding freeze. There is no negotiation. What are we waiting for? Who benefits?

Five things to know if your federal grant is terminated If you want to appeal the decision, know the rules that govern terminations, as well as the specific rationale given in your notice, science policy experts say.

Really helpful, practical article on 5 tips if your federal grant is terminated.

Summarizes from a AAAS webinar that had 2,000+ attendees.

Appreciate that it has lots of links for specific agencies too!

I have learned that the directors of ALL: PREP, IMSD, and IRACDA programs across the country have received similar cancelation notices. This follows previous cancellations of MARC and URISE programs. This further dismantles the mechanisms that enable scientific training opportunities for SO MANY.

The NIH study section I'm serving on for student/postdoc fellowships has been rescheduled for late April (good). But the diversity fellowship apps have been eliminated from the review list (very bad). Extremely frustrating that they couldn't even be reclassified as standard fellowship apps.

The NCI grant supporting the Columbia comprehensive cancer center was terminated. Tell me how terminating support for cancer research helps the economy.

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As a follow-up to the Big Brother insanity, I have heard from several sources that some institutes are encouraging their program officers (PO) to have conversations with applicants and grantees in their cars (presumably to avoid conversation monitoring).

In case you are still awaiting the news, ZRG1 ICN-W (02) has been rescheduled for May 7.

I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.

This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.

This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT!
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More info 👇

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment The Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil...

Rutgers is next on the list.

People have overheated imaginations about what is happening at Columbia!

Someone asked me today after synagogue whether people on campus knock off my yarmulke. I told him that what has happened instead is that my yarmulke has blown off & 5 people rush to give it back to me.

Clever signs at science rally

More clever signs! And Annika at top right being loud

Signs from #standupforscience in New Jersey (photos by K. Goodrich). Plus a bonus image of me being a loud little lady. 😝

There was a great turnout and amazing speakers at #StandUpForScience in Trenton today! Thanks to @annikabarber.bsky.social @cate-cholamine.bsky.social and everyone who helped organize!

Congrats Deena!

Only one week left to apply for the TT Assist Prof position in cell & mol neurosci at GSU.

Join our dynamic, collaborative dept, at an R1 in beautiful. Apply below 👇

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The Department of Neuroscience at brown is looking to hire tenure track assistant professors in any field of neuroscience! Come join our inclusive community of scholars and educators! For details check out:
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For Behavioral Neuro folks on the faculty job market, here's an open rank position at Northeastern t.co/5rw1tLZUJ7

Very excited about a new Assistant Professor search @ Harvard at the intersection of Computational #Neuroscience::AI::ML. Joint search by Center for Brain Science and Kempner Institute; appointment can be in one of several science departments in the Cambridge campus! Oct 15th deadline. Pls repost! 🧪

Thank you!!