Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.

So: In 2017, Congress made this happen: NIH: Proposed 22% cut --> 9% increase NSF: Proposed 11% cut --> 4% increase NOAA: Proposed 16% cut --> 4% increase Obviously, 2025 is not 2017. A lot is diff now. But still: 💰 Congress, not WH, sets budgets. 📞 Public support & calls to Congress matter.

In addition to going through the website, I strongly encourage people to read the letter from Harvard's President, Dr. Garber. We need more scientific institutions to show this level of courage, no matter the risk. In fact, we need *all* institutions to stand up*. www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

Honorable mention here — they said this in the email: “Although the agency is unable to offer fellowship support at this time, a subsequent announcement of additional awardees is possible subject to finalization of the agency's fiscal year 2025 spend plan”

DOGE has shut down federal agencies, cut off billions of dollars for research at NIH and NSF, and now they’re targeting the VA, Medicare, and Social Security.