Maxine Chen, PhD

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:

Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

The List of Trump's Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF It's fascism, plain and simple.

If it weren’t patently clear that we are becoming a facist state, take a look at the list of words that will get research papers flagged for further review with NSF and CDC. Words like equality, diversity, females, gender, Hispanic minority, black and Latinx, LGBT. gizmodo.com/the-list-of-...

Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine opponent, as health secretary Controversial attorney will oversee vast health research and drug safety programs

The U.S. Senate has confirmed environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the $1.8 trillion Department of Health and Human Services, responsible for the nation’s public health and biomedical research agencies. scim.ag/3Qisq8c

Vaccine sceptic RFK Jr is now a powerful force in US science: what will he do? Kennedy has expressed support for some fields, but has also declared he’d like a ‘break’ in infectious-disease research.

BREAKING: Scientists are bracing for major changes in the direction of US biomedical research as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who has promoted vaccine misinformation and public-health conspiracies, gains control over a vast swathe of science policy.


https://go.nature.com/4hYQEQj

Canceling data collections could imperil efforts to improve U.S. education, a former Trump appointee warns Ex-head of National Center for Education Statistics describes impact of massive halt to survey research

The sudden cancellation Monday of hundreds of millions of dollars of government contracts to collect information on the state of U.S. education will blind the government to important trends from preschool to college and beyond, according to education researchers angered by the move. scim.ag/3XmVdwj

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22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead

BREAKING—22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments. Attorneys general seek court order to halt 15% cap on research overhead costs

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