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Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation. Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants: 1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process. 2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers. 3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

submitted 9 days ago • 7 comments

Free park passes for all 4th graders and their families!

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

We don’t always know what questions will change the world. But public science has a way of answering them anyway. Federal science funding isn’t just lines in a budget. It’s a vote for progress, for possibility. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

submitted 29 days ago • 70 comments

If the plane is a gift to the US Government then it stays with the government. If it’s a gift to Trump that he keeps then it’s a bribe. Those are the only two options folks.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Without basic science, there is nothing to translate.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

✅ ACTION ITEM ✅ The National Science Foundation is under attack. Trump’s budget is moving to dismantle one of the great engines of U.S. innovation, education, and discovery. The fight to save NSF is on—and now there’s a new home base to join the front lines (🧵 1/3): www.savensf.com

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

A great thread describing what PTSD feels like. Useful info for anyone who wants to know how to help someone (today or in the future) experiencing PTSD.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Democrats have been so successful in building a working government people take it for granted, which pretty much explains how they could vote for Trump but not believe he would do what he said he would do

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

Job opening here at Western, which is a great place to work!

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Fantasy vs reality. Everything costs more now in the US.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 45 days ago • 40 comments

This is great stuff for a genetics class!

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

submitted 52 days ago • 25 comments

Early bird discounted registration for Evolution ends TOMORROW (Tuesday, April 15).

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US folks wanting to go to grad school in Canada: special re-opening of grad apps at UBC for you: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com

submitted 72 days ago • 108 comments

It is the single largest two-day stock market loss in history. Trump has now caused $10 trillion in wealth destruction, with half of that happening in the last 48 hours. Trump is golfing.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

I would totally buy this.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

It’s still not amazing, but we’ve succeeded in averting the wort-case climate scenario, and that’s encouraging. See below thread for receipts.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

The incompetence is astounding. But of course nobody will be fired because none of them are leading an NIH grant trying to cure cancer.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

If you want to read something to give you hope….

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social sbn.org/news/news/wh...

submitted 86 days ago • 3 comments

Canfly2025 registration is open! #Drosophila #Dros25 Curly logo event.fourwaves.com/canfly2025/p...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

As in all things in life, an absolutist stance is hard to implement, for a diversity of reasons. But (1) Submitting first to society-owned journals, and (2) Broadening the tier of impact within which you prioritize society-owned journals for your submissions can make a huge difference.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Canada Post vibes.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history. We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.

submitted 99 days ago • 56 comments

This thesis “anti-acknowledgement” is definitely worth a read.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

When its integrity is threatened anywhere, it affects us all. That’s why today, we’re launching an Open Letter from Canadians to stand with the #StandUpForScience movement. Sign now & show your support for our American colleagues: forms.gle/Jbunjx88x7VM...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Looking for a postdoc with expertise in genetics and neuroscience. Experience in Drosophila a plus. Get in touch! www.uwo.ca/research/fun...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks for the excellent piece @ljevanso.bsky.social & to all for sharing their experiences & expertise including @flybehaviour.bsky.social (I still need to find the other women researchers who contributed & follow them here, too!) FYI @usaskcomfacdev.bsky.social universityaffairs.ca/features/the...

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

#PhD opportunity in my (Canadian) lab investigating the genetic & neural basis of variation in behavior, in the powerful Drosophila model system. International students encouraged! You must be a strong student or already have your MSc to qualify (per dept regulations). #genetics #evolution #science

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

It's #VotingDay in #Ontario If Ontario is your home - please prioritise the future of #education and #healthcare when making your decision today. This government has been a catastrophe for our province and they do not deserve your vote. thelocal.to/ontario-post... thelocal.to/hallway-heal...

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Today is my late husband's birthday. He would have been 55 today. I know there are much larger issues in the world than my corner of grief, but I wanted to honor his memory today, because his memory is indeed a blessing.

submitted 112 days ago • 2 comments

At this point, many of us have seen our former students, our friends, our colleagues, lose their jobs without just cause. Science, public health, public safety, air safety, fire control, and far more, are being undermined. So, what can YOU do, right now? What can academic societies do? ... we can...

submitted 116 days ago • 2 comments

Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:

submitted 117 days ago • 6 comments

I am getting such petty joy from Canadians boo-ing the US national anthem.

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

submitted 125 days ago • 12 comments