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Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."

submitted 3 days ago • 74 comments

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's proposed budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

submitted 4 days ago • 74 comments

“These students are not just participants in science. They are crucial to its evolution…The termination of programs that have been shown to reduce barriers to STEM inclusiveness means a narrowing of scientific inquiry and a missed opportunity to expand the scope and relevance of research.”

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

We believe all people should have the right to access emergency treatment in the E.R., whether or not they’re pregnant. Apparently that’s controversial now...?

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Dropping in on a few of the virtual #Evol2025 talks today while sipping my crio bru (IYKNK) - a workday treat! (I'll be giving a talk on Saturday June 21 at the in-person portion of the conference)

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

🧪 YAASSSSS: 16 state AGs just sued NSF for its illegal changes in "agency priorities" The broad scope would seem to not only address grant terminations...but also the underlying basis for closing programs, returning proposals without review, etc. The filing: www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/u...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

I am deeply furious. Lost an expected baby last fall (harrowing in GA because of bad abortion laws) and now any future pregnancy I may be able to have is higher risk because I can’t get this safe effective vaccine. Insult to injury, AGAIN. These rules are terrible for families.

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Signed; join me!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I know this all comes from the authoritarianism playbook - "they come for the intellectuals and the universities" - but y'all we are less than 6 months in. LESS THAN 6 MONTHS IN. the destruction on all fronts (academe and far beyond) has been so swift.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Done, now 17k comments and counting (though I'll note it now says comment period open til June 7?)

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

There is a path for us to beat this attack on science: - Beat the reconciliation bill in Congress, which locks in many of the illegal DOGE actions. - Get NIH grants employees back to work. - Beat the rescission effort in Congress this summer. - In 2026, fight to restore the NIH/NSF budget. 🧪1/

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

"US scientists who are abruptly unemployed are turning desperation & defiance into coping strategies & advice. But 1 thing is clear: whether they move abroad, pivot to other research areas or leave science, their deep expertise is likely to be lost." By @virginiagewin.bsky.social in @nature.com 🧪

submitted 13 days ago • 8 comments

This is so upsetting. Underrepresented groups already have to work twice as hard to get their foot in the academic door, and now they’re being disproportionately affected by the attacks on science.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

"You're asking me to get from point A to point B, why wouldn't I use a car to get there?" To continue the metaphor: because you're paying thousands of dollars a semester for an immersive hiking experience.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Ahem (clears throat). We are pleased to announce: ✨ 🧑🏾‍🔬 Black In Micro Week Returns 🦠 Get ready for October 2025!! Stay tuned for abstract submissions and full program info released this summer. COMING SOON. We're Baaaaaack #BlackInMicro #BiM2025 #BlackInMicrobiology

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

⚖️ Terminated NIH grant litigation update: There's a hearing on a motion for preliminary injunction today at 11:30a EDT in Mass. v RFK et al, a case brought by some states against HHS. This is 1 of 2 diff. cases on this topic. I'll be live-tweeting it later this morning. Check back on this thread.

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

This great tool makes it easier to be loud to #SaveNSF and #SupportNSF ! I used their scripts + some of my own story as an NSF supported scientist when calling my congresspeople yesterday (and the White House comment line....)

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Use #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF #SupportNSF to share your story!

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I have been thinking about "this is what NSF has meant to me" style posts and I want to talk a little about two sisters: one who had a chance to make a career in a country that had NSF/NIH and one who didn't.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

How fast is your favorite NIH institute awarding grants? Probably 40% the rate of last year!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

"You’re... telling us that academic freedom is such a big priority... what we’re seeing is scientific censorship of research that had been peer reviewed and approved by the NIH and is now being deprioritized due to political ideology,” the researcher said. Get em biztimes.com/speaking-at-...

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

This is another great piece about the widespread impacts of arbitrary grant terminations. Well worth the read. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants. grant-watch.us It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon. Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.

submitted 35 days ago • 6 comments

Grant cancellations of any kind are terrible and disruptive, but I've been thinking a lot about the compounding effects that cancelling trainee grants will have - so many promising young people left discouraged and (rightfully) contemplating careers outside of science.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

For context, this campaign has led to a dramatic reduction in sudden infant death syndrome. NIH pulling out, given the US has the highest infant mortality rate among wealthy countries, is shocking.

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

Scientists have done the research. Federal agencies are mandated to use that research—much of which was taxpayer funded!—to make evidence-based policies. This is an all-out assault on expertise, and as Dr. Tran notes, it’s all about grift. People talk about Big Pharma but ignore Big Supplement.

submitted 34 days ago • 6 comments

“Given the very real consequences for our competitiveness, our standard of living and, yes, also our bottom lines, we all ought to be making the case for aggressively funding basic science.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

A 50% cut to science funding (which is close to what Trump is proposing for NIH) would result in huge negative long-term economic outcomes: 7.6% cut in GDP 8.6% cut in federal revenues *equivalents of making the average American $10,000 poorer

submitted 35 days ago • 11 comments

conservative estimates of ROI for NIH in local economies are 4X, broader estimates are 10X over a decade higher ed is the largest employer in 10 states and 60 of the 100 cities attacking higher education is economic sabotage

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

The cuts to science funding alone will generate a Great Recession-sized hole in the economy. "It’s less a 'self-inflicted wound' and more 'jumping head-first into a wood chipper.'”

submitted 35 days ago • 51 comments

Love worms, molecular genetics, and big questions? We’re hiring a postdoc to build a CRISPRa toolkit to identify new aging mechanisms in C. elegans. Email or DM me to find out more. Please share & repost!

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 39 days ago • 618 comments

“Universities do things private companies with research capacities cannot: train research talent, conduct basic research with uncertain payoffs, and distribute knowledge as a public good. And the rewards have been enormous…We are richer and healthier for the investment.”

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

Want to make a real impact with your science—right in your own community? Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally. #McClintockLetters

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

"Cancer research is not Twitter: it takes much longer to do cancer research work than to, for example, relaunch a subscription service while Twitter’s revenue plummets by 40%." boom Also, we have received this letter that was sent to Republican Senators and will post it soon.

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

My father-in-law, Jack Strominger, and I wrote a letter to the @wsj.com editor about the current threats to science due to Trump's funding freeze. Please repost! www.wsj.com/opinion/scie...

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

NEW: After the National Science Foundation posted its new "statement of priorities" on Friday it started canceling grants. I have seen a list of 50+ such grants at the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; the word is that a bunch more cancelations are likely on the way.

submitted 43 days ago • 10 comments

As someone directly affected by this, let me be clear: I'd rather lose my job because Harvard chose to fight than keep my job and see a generation of white supremacists parade its corpse around like a war trophy.

submitted 49 days ago • 41 comments

After ten years, this is the first summer I cannot pay myself summer salary. Profs make 9-month salaries, with our summer supported by grants. I PIed three successful grants this year that got 0-10% of their typical budget, so I have to pay myself or my students. I choose my students.

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments