TK (Takashi DY) Kozai

These data show that the NSF terminations targeted STEM Ed and Soc Behav and Econ Sciences almost exclusively with an 11.4% drop in active EDU grants and a 7.4% drop in SPE from FY2024 to FY2025 and most other Directorates essentially unchanged (with an overall drop in the number of active grants)

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More on NSF funding data

A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.

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Thank you for your courage and leadership @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

You have been an exemplary government employee, standing up against illegal and immoral actions, but doing so within the constraints of a federal official.

You do honor to your oath and to our country.

Courage is Contagious

A line graph showing all NIH projects funded through January 23, 2026 for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies substantially below the other curves.

My weekly update

(Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26)

All projects

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The NIH budget bill passed the House. Now, it's bundled w/ DHS funding in the Senate. We are likely to see a fight this week.

New from me: things to know about the budget bill, NIH presidentialization, free speech, why science has been quiet, & more.

At "Can We Still Govern" @donmoyn.bsky.social 🧪

“The ban on postings to the Fed Register also reflects a new and more ominous trend. For 80 years NIH has been largely independent of presidential control.”

“Congress, not the President, should set scientific priorities”

Key takeaway for 🧪.
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It was great seeing the trainees and early careers come together after working hours in freezing temperature. There's much work to be done, but there's also alot of reason to hope for in these next generation of leaders!

YouTube video by Joe Donahue Decisions Are Made By Those Who Show Up

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The conference (agreement between House and Senate) appropriations bill that includes HHS and NIH was released this morning.

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NIH budget bill out today.

It’s the result of heavy negotiations in Congress over past month+. 🧪

Big pic: NIH budget now is abt more than funding. It’s abt restraining the technical ways NIH is being broken by Proj 2025. And the restraints in the bill are tepid 🤷‍♂️

Also: watch ICE/DHS budget.
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The Stockdale Paradox... not be confused with the Stockholm Syndrome.

a leadership principle where you maintain unwavering faith in eventual success ("never lose faith") while simultaneously confronting the brutal, harsh realities of your current situation ("never deny reality").

The new NIH multi-year funding policy is a scheme to undercut the NIH budget and fund less science. And it’s working (see below). The Senate approps bill has language to limit MYF use, but the House version does not. Call your reps (House and Senate) and insist it’s included in the final bill! 🧪

Much of what we understand about ICMS today (how axons, not somas, are preferentially recruited, and how stimulation spreads across cortical circuits) builds on @markhisted.org 's pioneering work mapping neural recruitment in vivo.

Neural mechanisms underlying intracortical microstimulation for sensory restoration Nature Biomedical Engineering - Intracortical microstimulation can elicit artificial sensations in persons who have lost sensation due to neurological injury or disease. This Review discusses...

Just out in @nature.com BME: Our Review unpacks intracortical microstimulation: axons, not somas, drive activation; direct + indirect pathways shape perception; parameters interact with neuron type, layer, and network; long-term use limited by neural depression & tissue response. 🧠⚡

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A Quiet Policy Shift That Could Devastate American Science Why NIH’s sudden move to multi-year grant funding should alarm every principal investigator and university

A reminder as Congress finalizes NIH appropriations: the bill must limit multiyear funding (MYF), Vought's way of cutting the NIH budget without cutting the budget. MYF will devastate the research workforce.

@safa-science.bsky.social wrote this in July. Still relevant: substack.com/@scienceandf...

Ask: keep the senate language that limits MYF to FY2024 levels.

Every $1 in NIH funding generates $2.5+ in economic activity, undermining that is a self-inflicted wound we can't afford.

The ripple effects hit taxpayers hard: Slower growth means larger deficits, higher interest rates on U.S. debt (potentially adding basis points to yields), and increased cost of living through stagnant wages, pricier healthcare, and inflation from lost productivity.

China is already closing the gap in biotech R&D, and this could hand them the lead, weakening our national security and economic edge.

Expanding MYF slashes new grant awards, reduce total grants by 25-50% in transition years, stifling innovation in cancer, Alzheimer's, and chronic diseases. We're risking a talent drain, with researchers fleeing to China or Europe, eroding U.S. competitiveness.

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The appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized.

The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants.

The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language.

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Find and contact elected officials | USAGov | TK Kozai 🚨 Urgent Alert for the Biomedical Research Community: The White House's Veto Threat on NIH Funding Will Cripple U.S. Innovation 🚨 🚩As someone deeply invested in the future of American science and hea...

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They'll BLOCK NIH funding bill unless it EXPANDS multi-year grants (MYF), already closing labs & killing innovation, talent drain to China, lost U.S. edge, slower growth → higher deficits, borrowing rates & cost of living for taxpayers.

Contact your Reps NOW. stop this before it's too late!

🚨BREAKING ALERT: White House Poised to VETO Any NIH Budget Bill That Doesn't Torpedo U.S. Innovation! 🚨

#NIH #VetoThreat #USInnovation #ScienceFunding

#americafirst #maga #innovation #cutthewaste #fiscalresponsibility #nih #nsf | TK Kozai 🇺🇸 America First: Why Slashing Tiny Science Funding Would Kill Our Economic Edge; While Bloated Entitlements Drain Trillions 🤏 Did you know that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) takes up less ...

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Cut NIH? Saves peanuts but risks spiking rates & costing us BILLIONS more in interest. Real cuts: Tackle 70%+ entitlements bloat.Protect what keeps America #1! #MAGA #AmericaFirst #CutTheWaste #Innovation

🇺🇸 America First patriots: We're $37T+ in debt & paying ~$970B/year in interest (13% of budget) at ~3.4% rates.NIH? Tiny <0.7% ($47-48B) fuels the innovation that makes foreigners buy our bonds, keeping rates low on US interest payments.
#NIH #TaxpayerValue #AmericanInnovation

💫 I never thought of myself having a super power 🔬 Apparently for the past 15-20 years, I’ve been quietly leveraging a genetic one: the ability to function on less sleep than most people. Those… | TK... 💫 I never thought of myself having a super power 🔬 Apparently for the past 15-20 years, I’ve been quietly leveraging a genetic one: the ability to function on less sleep than most people. Those extra...

💫 Apparently for the past 15-20 yrs, I’ve been quietly leveraging a super power: the ability to function on less sleep than most, adding >10,000 hrs, essentially giving several “bonus years” of deep work in my field of specialty: Neural engineering.

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🎊 In a year marked by sustained pressure on biomedical research and increasing uncertainty across academia, I want to pause and recognize the Kozai Lab and its community. Despite unexpected changes… ... 🎊 In a year marked by sustained pressure on biomedical research and increasing uncertainty across academia, I want to pause and recognize the Kozai Lab and its community. Despite unexpected changes a...

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