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Washington Post story about #BethesdaDeclaration www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025... 1/n

New NIH Notice rescinding the no DEI, no Israeli boycott term and condition added to NIH grants (covers the whole university) This is what Williams refused to sign and declined all federal funding. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... 1/2

www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Atlantic story about #BethesdaDeclaration is up... www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Boston Globe story about #BethesdaDeclaration is up... www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/m...

These are (or were) ongoing projects... no study section review or Advisory Council approval required.

If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May. 4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May. The total funded was 99! Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments. 1/2

STAT story about #BethesdaDeclaration is up www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/n...

“we dissent to Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.”

Proud to be a signatory on this letter in support of the courageous staff at the NIH who penned the Bethesda Declaration to decry the ongoing politicization and damage to the US biomedical research infrastructure which has been the envy of the world.

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AP story about the Bethesda Declaration is now up... apnews.com/article/nih-...

Important Context New story about Bethesda Declaration www.importantcontext.news/p/nih-worker...

CNN story about Bethesda Declaration www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

This morning, courageous NIH workers shared a document they are calling the “Bethesda Declaration” with Dr. Bhattacharya, urging him to reverse some of the actions that are badly misaligned with progress toward the NIH mission. 1/3

Northwestern has been somewhat public about this and their plans and commitment. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

This is more than just lost grant dollars...this is patients in experimental treatments for incurable cancers having to stop their course of treatment. It's patients with medical devices going unmonitored. It's entire lines of groundbreaking science coming to a hard stop. #DownWithDOGE

I updated my funding curves last night. Here are the results for new and competitive renewal grants. The rate of investment has dropped substantially. This is apparently due to a requirement for DOGE review. I am calling this effect the "Downward DOGE" 1/2

My quote of the day You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way. John Lewis

More complete analysis of NIH outlays (or lack thereof) from grant-watch.us grant-watch.us/posts/trends...

My quote of the day If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it. Lyndon B. Johnson

I helped explain to the Chicago Tribune the enourmous and irrational damage the NIH funding freeze is causing at Northwestern. “You’re at risk of losing an entire next generation of scientists" "it’s terrifying; it’s completely senseless." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...

Keep in mind: these are AWARDED grants, with Notice of Awards. The federal government is not honoring existing contracts with this university, refusing to reimburse for costs charge on awarded grants.

Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis. Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.

Evidence that too much is going on. Reached all three goals including 12 stand hours...by just after 3 PM.

My quote of the day (3 parts) “Righteous anger is usually not about oneself. It is about those whom one sees being harmed and whom one wants to help." In short, righteous anger is a tool of justice, a scythe of compassion, more than a reactive emotion... 1/3

Neuroscientist Sarah Heilbronner is a proud product of Martin County schools in Florida 🌴. However, federal budget cuts threaten important work she's doing in brain research. 🧪🏠 @srheilbronner.bsky.social www.tcpalm.com/story/opinio...

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Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com: Cuts to NIH funding will impact the economy and employment nationwide. We visualize these losses and advocate for a theory-driven approach to communicating local, self-relevant impact. w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social + SCIMaP team: www.nature.com/articles/s41...