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UPDATE: NIH CSR will soon be able to publish a small set of Federal Register Notices (FRNs) - 50 or so. The lead time between notice and meeting will be reduced back to 30 days (from 35). ICs might be allowed to resume publishing FRNs next week. An "indefinite hold" on Councils remains.

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Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage https://go.nature.com/3EYNA8C

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Trump's HHS continues its blockade of Federal Register notices, I'm told. Now the earliest a grant-review meeting can be scheduled is 29 March.

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I was asked on a panel yesterday what keeps me up at night: It’s this.👇 Even though my day job is to think about bioweapons + bad actors, THIS is what has me fearful. The long tail of this could undermine bio/med innovation, public health infrastructure, and the economies built on them for decades.

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Tuning in to hearing about NIH's indirect costs policy. The govt's lawyer says the policy would 'reallocate' indirect costs to fund more direct costs of new research. The judge then asks why the NIH tweeted that it would "save more than $4B a year". The post was a "misunderstanding," he said.

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NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal. Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled. All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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I can't say enough good things about how this excellent @sciencevs.bsky.social podcast from Wendy Zuckerman and @maxkozlov.bsky.social accurately summarizes the terrifying current state of science in the United States. Give it a listen.

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"The boring stuff is how the [Trump] administration does its work. Instead of saying, 'we're freezing funding,' which they tried and that didn't work, now the strategy is 'don't let them do a boring post.'" Wendy hits the nail on the head in yesterday's episode of @sciencevs.bsky.social.

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“We’re fucked.” New @nature.com, @maxkozlov.bsky.social reports on how the Trump admin is exploiting a ‘loophole’ to maintain its freeze on NIH funding despite legal challenges. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Almost all grant-review meetings still suspended at the NIH -- the Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo. @maxkozlov.bsky.social reports for @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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NEW: The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep funding frozen at the NIH - a move that some legal scholars say is illegal. Federal Register notices are blocked, so no grant-review sessions can be scheduled. All the gritty details here, and a short 🧵: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

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In its speed, severity, and sheer scope, the first month of the second Trump administration has been a completely unprecedented assault on US science. Story w/ @alexwitze.bsky.social, @maxkozlov.bsky.social, and Jeff Tollefson: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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After WWII, the US said scientific progress is an “essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress”. Weeks into Trump 2.0, scientists fear that long-time belief is crumbling. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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I talked with @sciencevs.bsky.social about what the heck has been going on in the US scientific enterprise the last few weeks. This just about sums it up for me: "My God, I've just been relying on my plants to give me some peace and levity in these trying times. They're trying their hardest."

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New episode out! 🧪 The Trump administration has thrown the science world into chaos. We talk to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com and Jocelyn Kaiser at @science.org about what's going on. On Spotify or wherever you listen 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/56Co...

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Which universities have the most retracted articles - and the highest retraction rates? For @nature.com, here's a first-of-its-kind analysis of retractions by institutions. Full details in the story. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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NEW: The University of Michigan provost asked its deans to create lists of employees working in DEI-related positions, according to an email I obtained. This comes after Trump's directive to universities to end DEI programs or risk losing funding.

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NEW: In a further sign of turmoil at the NIH, Mike Lauer, who oversees the agency's $39 billion extramural budget that goes to research outside the NIH, has resigned effective tomorrow. This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.

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Are you a scientist whose work is being affected by changes in the Trump administration? Get in touch with @nature.com reporters @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social Jeff Tollefson & yours truly. Let us know what's on your mind & what we should be writing about.

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Use this form to tell us how the new US administration is affecting your research, or suggest future coverage https://go.nature.com/42SyoUu

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We've got a fascinating podcast this week, where we talk to a physicist who's used a weird kind of underwater 'telescope' to detect a baffling kind of neutrino. Also my colleague @maxkozlov.bsky.social has broken down for us what's been going on with the NIH grants in the US.

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As a break from worrying about the impending collapse of democratic society, I invite you to, for a brief moment, to worry instead about the incredible amount of microplastics that seem to be accumulating in your body. Sorry. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Microplastics have been found just about everywhere scientists have looked. Now scientists are trying to determine their effects on your health https://go.nature.com/41a807i

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Microplastics, found in our brains, and their effects on our health a new @nature.com feature www.nature.com/articles/d41... I'd just written about this, too erictopol.substack.com/p/the-microp...

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🧪 Microplastics are infiltrating human brains, but their health effects remain unclear. Scientists race to understand risks as plastic production surges, with concerns over inflammation, organ damage, and disease links. 🩺 🧠

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Have Trump’s anti-DEI orders hit private funders? For this story, I reached out to 6 big private funders, like @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social, @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social, to see if they plan to modify their offerings, like @hhmi.bsky.social. Only 3 responded. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Well this is grotesque. Suggests each human brain contains 10 grams of plastics - about the weight of an unused crayon www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Simpsons predicted it yet again

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Everyone's in an uproar about the restrictions on indirect costs for NIH grants (now on hold). "HHS...declined to answer Nature’s queries about the lawsuit or about scientists’ concerns about the indirect-costs policy." By @maxkozlov.bsky.social @dangaristo.bsky.social @heidiledford.bsky.social

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It is small institutions that are vulnerable to the new policy, says Erica Ollman Saphire, president of the La Jolla Institute for Immunology. “We do not have wealthy alumni. We do not have a football team.” If this cap goes into effect, “I couldn’t pay my rent.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Things have changed so fast. "...Nature reached out to nine researchers...Some did not respond, and the others either declined to comment or requested anonymity because they feared drawing attention to their university in the current political climate." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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The abrupt change represents “a nuclear bomb on university budgets,” says Morgan Polikoff, an education researcher at the University of Southern California. “I mean, listen, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. They're just trying to hurt universities.” 🧪

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🚨RED ALERT for 🧪: The Trump NIH just gashed indirect costs. This is a direct attack on universities. “Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs.” 😮 Just a devastating Friday night news dump. #scicomm #academicaky

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I spoke with @nature.com about private foundations such as @hhmi.bsky.social canceling funding for ongoing diversity projects and deleting all the data from their website. Why are anti-DEI government orders affecting philanthropic organizations?

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HHMI abruptly cut a $60 million program to boost diversity in STEM education - and scrubbed all mentions of it from its website. "Now is the time that we need private funders to fill the gap that the new administration has left," @daniellebeckman.bsky.social tells me www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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NEW: NIH grant applications will no longer be scored based on plans to recruit people in underrepresented communities -including pending applications - fundamentally changing which projects are funded. This affects Recruitment Plans to Increase Diversity (Ts, K12s, R25s) & Diversity Plans (R13/U13)

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