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Turns out the Dow doesn’t love it

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Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid federal research funding cuts Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs — a decision faculty members say will force them to rescind offers from newly-accepted students.

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Project 2025 Tracker Track the progress on Project 2025

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In case you want to keep track…

21.02.2025 13:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze About two-thirds of Veterans Affairs jobs will be excluded from a White House order blocking new hiring.

Pushback made a difference here.

In the face of loud "concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze" the new admin scaled back its initial assault on the V.A....

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24.01.2025 19:30 — 👍 3546    🔁 693    💬 125    📌 46

Let's iterate, not obliterate.

The US's research infrastructure is a thing of beauty.

Is its continued evolution necessary? Always! That's good policy and good science.

But, our primary focus should be expanding and strengthening the NIH, not stalling it. (4/4) 🧪

23.01.2025 17:56 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

The Strategic Imperative of Biotechnology: Implications for U.S. National Security | Strategic Technologies Blog | CSIS This blog post explores the critical role of biotech innovation for U.S. national security in the context of strategic competition with China.

Sure, the NIH can be improved. I, too, have critiques on grant review.

But, its existing processes already offer substantial societal benefits while helping the US lead the #biotech sector.

That's good for science, our citizens, and US national security. (3/4) 🧪

www.csis.org/blogs/strate...

23.01.2025 17:56 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Report: Every dollar of NIH research funding doubles in economic returns Research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) generated $2.46 in economic activity for every $1 of funding in 2023, a total of $92.9 billion, according to an

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better return for our taxes.

For every dollar of research funding, the NIH generates $2.46 in economic activity. 👀

Let's not understate that. Delaying NIH study sections, stalls a ~2.5X ROI & leaves value on the table. (2/4) 🧪

www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

23.01.2025 17:56 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the

Continuing my concern train 🚂, abruptly and indefinitely postponing #NIH study sections and advisory committees only delays important R&D activities.

Effective #BiomedicalResearch requires steady infrastructure and expert dialogue. The NIH provides that. (1/4) 🧪

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