Anyone else hearing that NIH IC’s Advisory Council meetings are being cancelled? - ThreadSky

drugmonkey.bsky.social • 40 days ago

Anyone else hearing that NIH IC’s Advisory Council meetings are being cancelled?

NIH council meeting (NIDCR)scheduled for today, where our R01 grant (3rd percentile) was supposed to be discussed, was postponed indefinitely as a consequence of Trump's executive order which ordered pausing of all communications from all federal agencies. Not good.

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craigsmail.bsky.social•40 days ago

ARPA-H RAPID proposers day in SF scheduled for tomorrow just cancelled an hour ago citing travel restrictions on HHS personnel. Many (like me!) have already arrived.

drugmonkey.bsky.social•40 days ago

Damn!

kvd.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just got an email from SRO that study section (training) is indefinitely delayed. No word on study section itself but 🤷‍♂️

drdorotask.bsky.social•40 days ago

Oh no.... This is disastrous.

drugmonkey.bsky.social•40 days ago

Yikes

pompanolab.bsky.social•40 days ago

The orientation meeting for my study section was also just cancelled, 20 min before it was supposed to start. :(

rachelsmithbolton.bsky.social•40 days ago

My orientation meeting is happening now, no mention yet of any of this.

drugmonkey.bsky.social•40 days ago

Let us know if the brown shirts storm in and arrest the SRO…..

rachelsmithbolton.bsky.social•40 days ago

I asked and the SRO had not heard of cancellations.

pompanolab.bsky.social•40 days ago

The language in the cancellation email from the SRO was, "At the present time, all Federal Advisory Committee Meetings and related reviewer orientation webinars are cancelled."

drugmonkey.bsky.social•40 days ago

interesting. thanks for the info.

dadapisconti.bsky.social•40 days ago

Are they also cancelling the actual study sections?

ejvallender.bsky.social•40 days ago

Just got e-mail. The NIA study section I am on Jan 31st "will not meet as planned". Quoting SRO: "At the present time, all Federal advisory committee meetings are cancelled... We will be back in touch with you when we have further information."

etche.bsky.social•40 days ago

Please be in touch with the press about this outrage among so many others.
https://bsky.app/profile/annikabarber.bsky.social/post/3lgectgd22s2r

dadapisconti.bsky.social•40 days ago

😰

drugmonkey.bsky.social•40 days ago

I haven't heard anything on this so far.

alisa-shea.bsky.social•40 days ago

Paging @neuroshea.bsky.social

neuroshea.bsky.social•40 days ago

I am aware of a fellowship study section scheduled for today that was abruptly cancelled and the SRO was reassigned to a new position. Make of that what you will.

ejvallender.bsky.social•40 days ago

Downthread too, but the NIA study section I am on Jan 31st "will not meet as planned". Quoting SRO: "At the present time, all Federal advisory committee meetings are cancelled... We will be back in touch with you when we have further information." All study sections appear to be cancelled.

chasingmicrobes.bsky.social•40 days ago

It would be really nice to see something official. Some people are saying some study sections are shut down, some are saying that they are still running as of conversations had today.

surtlab.bsky.social•40 days ago

They can’t…bc they’re not allowed to communicate publicly

chasingmicrobes.bsky.social•40 days ago

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

surtlab.bsky.social•40 days ago

Fuuuucccckkkk

chasingmicrobes.bsky.social•40 days ago

Review of my SBIR grant isn't scheduled until March. Right now I'm having ...feelings... but can only imagine the ...feelings... of people whose (advisory council!) meetings have been confirmed cancelled

chasingmicrobes.bsky.social•40 days ago