Metabo_Dave

Most labs are always a single grant away from going under

NIH reports on ESI support in FY2025 I will be honest, I am somewhat amazed we are getting any funding data for FY2025 out of NIH. The databook has not yet been updated, so we’re not out of the woods yet. Still, there’s a …

Today in "everybody is firmly convinced that they and their type of science is at particular and specific disadvantage at the NIH no matter any evidence to the contrary"....

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All of us

Screenshot from an NIH website reading: "Table 1 shows the number of principal investigators (PIs) applying for or receiving an R01-equivalent grant in FYs 2021 to 2025, disaggregated by career stage. NIH supported 1,423 and 1,144 ESIs in FYs 2024 and 2025, respectively. The decrease seen in FY 2025 may likely be due in part to NIH implementing a requirement to use 50% of its remaining competing Research Project Grant (RPG) funds (starting in June 2025) for full-year funded competing RPGs, which was expected to lead to fewer awards and support fewer researchers overall."

Check this out straight from the NIH website, acknowledging that multiyear funding was likely responsible for a 20% decrease in early stage investigators.

And that it was expected.

A strange approach for someone so committed to the next generation of scientists.

grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Oh yeh didn't think about doing that.

Don't you lose the official signature when you do that?

Yeh i actually kind of like it, but I wish we had the ability to make basic text edits (i.e. paragraph spacing). That's my only complaint.

So it was your fault??

They've solved science funding

I do think this is the major problem. While some night be able to get a decent package up front, the funding landscape in many of these countries, especially in Europe, is pretty grim and arguably worse than the US right now. It might be a decision one regrets in 5 years.

You might not if MYF continues for much longer

These are countries with relatively tiny research budgets. It's a lot....for them.

Other European countries are doing the same thing and investing a lot of money. Watch this space.

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Well, there goes the entire business model for Biorender.

arxiv.org/abs/2601.23265

NIDA: 0

NIAAA: 0

The NIDDK has still only issued a total of 3 new R01s since October 1.

"no more multi-year funding"

What am I missing?

This is not true. MYF is capped at FY25 levels, where 39% of all awards were MYF.

We need to be very precise about this because the impact is enormous.

Solution? Hire more administrators.

See how this works?

I just added the link as a separate contributions section. Not sure if that's allowed or not, but screw it.

Can we still add a link to our NCBI page in the new biosketch? I guess it could be added to the personal statement section.

Three UK research councils suspend funding opportunities Temporary block on grant applications by MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC heightens concerns over funding cuts

A further blow to UK science and Universities 😱

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/three-u...

So, how are you guys listing your pubs in the contribution to science section in the new SciENcv?

What we also need to factor in now is that a lot of A0s with very competitive scores will be coming back in as A1s. That would have an enormous impact, even under normal conditions, but now it's just a total disaster.

"....and Stephen" 👀

Yes. As far as I can tell.

Calafiori and Havertz in the starting XI. I got my joy back.

3 new R01s funded by NIDDK this FY.

I don't think POs have much influence on select pay now based on my conversations. Decisions are made higher up the chain.

PIs have been massaging SROs and POs forever. What's the difference?