Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities.
But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham.
It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why:
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Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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WHERE OH WHERE would we be without "deranged activists"!!! (ha ha i see now trademarked 🤣)
All in all, this update reveals a number of issues to be concerned about:
(1) Slow pace of grant making, particularly for new and competitive renewal grants
(2) OMB apportionment delays as a possible cause
(3) Slow pace of institutional training grants
(4) Increased use of multiyear funding
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Made a short video as a response. 3 questions remain for me.
1) What is the definition of a "DEl activity," and how is it being communicated to NIH staff so they can determine whether a grant qualifies?
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Thanks, @maxkozlov.bsky.social .
I will go further. This deranged activist was also known for criticizing NIH Director Francis Collins during the Obama administration when he felt that Collins was making decisions not aligned with the best interests of the NIH.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.
The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇
these $$$ could have funded biomedical research, including some of the 1000+ NIH grant proposals that were found to be highly meritorious in peer review
the payoff for that investment would be immediate ($2.63 per USD) and sustained (education, training, discoveries, careers)
NEW: The House passed a bill to end the partial government shutdown Tuesday afternoon, cleared by a bipartisan vote under the insistence of President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/4qgEm9M
Update:
"Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans and the White House to pass five [bills and] a stopgap measure to fund the DHS for two weeks while they continue negotiating guardrails to rein in immigration agents."
#ICE #DHS
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Friends, it’s time to let that imposter syndrome go. Former Harvard president and former secretary of the treasury Larry Summers can’t even write a coherent email. Plus, his bestie was a pedophile sex trafficker. And the sex trafficker’s other bestie is president.
You deserve that promotion!
NIH Study Section Watch Day 1: No communication about rescheduling.
long time no see, Svasti! great to connect here.
Odd or jarring as it might be for some in my professional community, this brilliant @pbs.org documntary echoes aspects of my bkgrnd.
Science was the path for me & that was entirely fortuitous.
Hope many of you find a chance to watch this & think on how (& to whom) we open doors of opportunity!
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
NIH's updated multi-year payout policy (funding all years of a grant upfront vs. annually) could dramatically reduce new R01s available. While total awards are "catching up," the impact on new investigators remains concerning. With budget negotiations underway, now's the time to contact your reps!
I am leading a workshop tonight for students in my department on how to apply for the NSF GRFP, but have not received answers from NSF to my questions about whether they are still funding applications in neuroscience and cognitive science, etc. If anyone has info please let me know.
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This ad for us scientists and educators from the Big Ten Academic Alliance is nicely done!
Share widely please - not just in reposts but also in speaking with members of your community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWmc...
😀😍 How are we middle class Indians if we dont get the Costco cake?!
Congrats to the Maliks!
@jengreitz.bsky.social l & my lab want to co-hire a computational biologist/biostatistician with project management expertise to help map the regulatory code of the human genome and discover genetic mechanisms of disease.
Details below
careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/computa...
Plz RT
Few examples:
1) understand where the payline is and what score compression looks like. I suspect a 1 will be required. Maybe 1 or 2 apps will be funded per SS.
2) be kind to ESI/NI and other discriminated groups
3) maybe drop the whole "this is an A1 but I'm going to pretend it's not" approach.
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
First highlight...
Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH.
The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing.
This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.
STAT: Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts / OMB directive sets up a clash with Congress
bit.ly/4lU5Lgw
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
Funding policy for 2025 from NCI. Was just released: 4 percentile…maybe!
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...
Join the 22,339 people who have joined to support our NIH colleagues. Let's get this to 50,000 RT
I urge others to similarly support our patriots at NIH who use their training and talents to improve human health and position the US as the world’s leader in biomedical discovery, innovation and technology development 🙏
The world needs more of this and less of most other things
