Nicky Phillips

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NIH to cut grants for COVID research, documents reveal Studies on climate change and South Africa are also on the latest list of grants to be terminated, according to updated documents obtained by Nature.

NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants about COVID-19, leaving long COVID funding in limbo, according to a new internal guidance document I obtained.

“Now that the pandemic is over, the grant funds are no longer necessary,” it says.

We published the full document in my latest for @nature.com:

‘Anxiety is palpable’: detention of researchers at US border spurs travel worries Several high-profile incidents in the past month have scientists on edge.

There were quite a few things that people told me that we just didn’t have room for in this story about how the US immigration crackdown is worrying scientists:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Here's a thread with a few of them:

Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is scrapping its social science research portfolio as part of a broader effort to ensure fiscal responsibility and prioritize

Any researchers affected by the Pentagon's termination of social science research? Find me on Signal at sfm.100 www.defense.gov/News/Release...

Want to become a professor? Here’s how hiring criteria differ by country Huge analysis identifies regional variations in the criteria that institutions use to move researchers up the ranks.

What's the best way to become a professor? The answer depends on where you are.

An interesting round up of hiring practices by region - from @smritimallapaty.bsky.social

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Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.

My first post on Bluesky is about .... Bluesky. Tell us why you use it? Has it replaced X for you? What do you miss about X?

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