David M. Fresco

Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

More evidence that DOGE was/is dodgy

My lab is seeking a Study Coordinator with a background in psychology and/or neuroscience for a new project designing mobile health tools that support emotion regulation skills training to promote physical and emotional wellbeing.

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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

NIH Grant Cuts Aren't Saving Money. They're Wasting It. The Trump administration says the canceled funding is about cost efficiency, but data shows that the opposite is happening.

Turns out DOGE is dodgy

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This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH.

Pass it on!

Recent thought exercise with ChatGPT before it? (they/them)? gained self-awareness and refused to engage further.

The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

16B USD/~68K Jobs and counting
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PSA if you happen to be sunbathing with new US government guidance

‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.

When asked in 1787 whether the fledgling United States would be a monarchy or a republic, founding father Benjamin Franklin replied, “a republic, if you can keep it”.

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns--here is a report for how and why this assertion is true!

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment The Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil...

The new March Madness field of 60

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

And so it begins ...

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ANGEL KELLEY, D.J. These three cases came before the Court on an emergency basis on Monday, February 10, 2025. The National Institutes of Health ("NIH") issued a Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates (NOT-OD-25-068) ("Rate Change Notice") on Friday night, February 7, 2025, slashing and capping previously negotiated indirect cost rates on all existing and future grant awards for biomedical research, with an effective date of February 10. This Notice impacts thousands of existing grants, totaling billions of dollars across all 50 states- -a unilateral change over a weekend, without regard for on-going research and clinical trials. The imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials, disrupting the development of innovative medical research and treatment, and shuttering of research facilities, without regard for current patient care, warranted the issuance of a nationwide temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo, until the matter could be fully addressed before the Court. Following full briefing and oral argument by the parties, as well as review of accepted amicus briefs, the Court GRANTS a nationwide preliminary injunction.

BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking NIH from implementing its "Rate Change Notice" that would dramatically cut payments under grants.

Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

My colleague and friend, Silvia Bunge, a developmental neuroscience professor at UC Berkeley, created these fantastic signs for Friday’s rally. Sharing them here in case they inspire others to make their own! @standupforscience.bsky.social‬
#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Hmmm?

Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
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