Solving For Science

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yes please!

Well, we're going to need to change THAT. How about instead of breaking the ice with 'How about the weather?' trying 'How about the insanely accurate weather report that years of modeling by federal meteorologists at NOAA made possible today that saved lives?' I'm sure you can think of more...

Call out the GOOD more than the bad. Commit to companies that commit to including all Americans. Show shareholders inclusion isn't either-or but win-win.

Emily Feiner was forcibly removed from GOP Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall after she asked her so-called "moderate" congressman to stand up to Donald Trump's authoritarian power grab.

There's a great pushback happening across the entire country — even in Republican held districts.

Support Courage in your university administrations in ANY way you can. A supportive email to someone WAY above your pay grade. A GoTeam! note tacked to the elevator. Let them know the faculty students alumni have their backs and cheer them on to STAND UP. #CourageIsContagious

What's happening with these grants is much more complicated and mostly unknown. None of the NIH have been officially cancelled. The NIH was just ordered to stop paying. They got the Unis to enforce silence on their own campuses because they thought they were "negotiating" and cld get the funds back.

No need to reinvent the wheel--jump on the bandwagon!

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Defiant Joy counts as ACTION. When it's all too much, take a science dance break, in the super-extra style of Eurovision! 😍(congratulations to winners of DanceMyPhD, Dr. Sulo Roukka of U of Helsinki and his sparkly team!)
youtu.be/qOa6GJ6_les?...

NIH Budget (2025 Dollars) Presidential Proposal -- Congressional Appropriation FY2026 Presidential Proposal Fiscal Year

Check this chart.
Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000.
This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars.

The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.

Wouldn't it be something if the ~2m American research scientists crashed the site with expressions of interests in say the next week? Seems like it would send a notable message?

We will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers.

As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget.

We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓

Our scientific talent and innovation is the envy of the world. Use it or lose it, America! Respect>Neglect!

First, in case this deadline is real, consider HOW to pace out & spend the funds if possible. Second, this is an opportunity to support representatives to resist this pressure. Both sides of the aisle are feeling the pushback on science cuts. Keep up the pressure FOR SCIENCE.

The White House’s Next Orchestrated Budget Crisis This is something I’m still trying to get my head around —...

A heads up -- with potential action steps.
Slow-walking NIH grants is intentional. And if you don't spend your NIH grant by end of US fiscal year 9/30/25, a plan seems afoot to force a vote to impound those funds. 🧵

Amplifying this. NIH money not used by end of summer is gone.

I've had a new R01 pending for months now, the award is prepared (according to ERA commons), what steps are left before the NOGA and funds released? Feel like many grants are being slow rolled before they are then not funded.

Research!America Statement on the President’s FY26 Budget Request - Research!America Research!America, a nonprofit alliance that advocates for science, discovery, and innovation to achieve better health for all, is alarmed and deeply disappointed by President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 ...

#ScienceMayDays: Day 2 more of what to do: Support courage in statements like the one from Research!America's CEO Mary Woolley, and check out (and use) their great fact-sheets and infographics to use YOUR voice in speaking up too (or making more signs!): www.researchamerica.org/fact-sheets-...

#ScienceMayDays: What to do? Support Courage and plaintiffs in lawsuits that push back. On April 2, APHA and other researchers and union filed a lawsuit challenging the abrupt, reckless, and apparently politically-driven cancellation of research grants at NIH. Read the complaint here:

Science is definitely IN DISTRESS on Day 2 of #ScienceMayDays. Time to yell! SOS, or tap ...---... (Morse ), or hang a ⚫⬛⚫ flag, or broadcast "m'aider" (help in French) or 'mayday' 3 times in a row, because Science needs HELP! meanwhile we'll keep coming up with more things we can all do. ⚫⬛⚫

Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

It's Fustilarian Friday, so today NSF is announcing that they, too, are slashing overhead rates to 15%.

www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

a man is holding his head with his eyes closed and the words focus focus focus behind him . Alt: A man is holding his head with his eyes closed and the words focus focus focus behind him .

🧪 What the f is going on with NSF right now??? 🚨🚨🚨

There's been so many NSF updates within the past 48 hours that it's hard to keep track.

It feels like an onslaught. It *is* an onslaught. But it's still vital to remain focused, organized, and strategic.

So here's my recap of past 48 hours...

Congress Must Immediately Reject Trump’s Harmful, Anti-Science Budget President Trump's Fiscal Year 2026 budget request includes massive increases in military spending, while decimating departments and agencies mandated by Congress to protect the health and well-being o...

This budget is laced with racist, anti-science, petty, and cruel language that should be beneath the president. If enacted, it would leave communities at the mercy of devastating climate impacts and deprived of public protections that save lives and support the economy.

www.ucs.org/about/news/c...

Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.

RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...

RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.

They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.

www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...

Sen. Ossoff: Who out there in the American public is sitting at home demanding that we shut down cancer research and Alzheimer's research?

Many things about RFK Jr. taking $500m from HHS and giving it to his buddies to develop a universal vaccine are sus.

1. The Regime keeps squealing about “transparency” and “handouts” to scientists, yet the rest of us have to go through rigorous peer review before we are awarded research funding.

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