Caroline Blommel

Senate panel raises hopes that NSF will restore killed grants Republicans promise to work with Democrats to salvage defeated amendment

Breaking news: A Senate spending panel today offered a glimmer of hope to the more than 1600 scientists who had their grants terminated earlier this year by the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/46ctgwj

Normalize absolutely clowning fascists and ruining their day every single time they leave their house.

JD is an embarrassment and should be treated precisely as such every time he shows his busted ass face in public.

Call your reps today and oppose any budget that cuts vital funding to social programs, public land, and American science!

Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.

Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.

The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.

https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq

‘My boss was crying.’ NSF confronts potentially massive layoffs and budget cuts Trump could propose slashing agency’s budget by two-thirds

Apart from this being personally horrifying, kneecapping American science has decades-long global consequences. Call your reps.

Did not think I’d be spending my day downloading a ton of climate data before Elon’s interns remove it but that’s where we’re at I guess.

Inside the NSF’s Effort to Scour Research Grants for Violations of Trump’s Orders The U.S. National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil

Thankfully the "NSF could have a hard time legally terminating grants, because their funds are appropriated by the US Congress, meaning they are protected by law"

A minor win here in a few weeks of pure chaos for scientists everywhere.

🧪 #AcademicSky