Thread by an anonymous NIH Official, the mother of a child on a 504 plan: This week the Trump administration announced that it would offload 2️⃣ of the U.S. Department of Education's biggest responsibilities onto other agencies as part of their plan to systematically dismantle it. What does that…

Fulfilling my civic duty guided by ex-NIH staff? I’m in.

Read our most recent substack article fact checking Dr. Jay Bhattacharya’s hearing on March 17th, 2026. We just published pt. 5, about leadership Institute and Center Leadership Vacancies: open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

I've seen a lot of info for specialized audiences (e.g. scientists, non-profits) on how to comment on the proposed OMB rule change for grants, but less for the general public. So I made this one-pager that can be shared more widely. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

In the face of dire authoritarianism from Trump, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya & Vought, heroes fought back 👏 Some of my heroes include @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social, @cdelawalla.bsky.social, @drdemetre.bsky.social, @drdebhoury.bsky.social, Dan Jernigan, @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social, & Drs Kahn, Ryder & Kelly

To this wonderful list, I would add @gavinyamey.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social @craigspencer.bsky.social @nenrich.bsky.social @holdenthorp.bsky.social @aetiology.bsky.social @angierasmussen.bsky.social and many more Grateful to all 🙏

Thank you. I have the honor of being a recognizable face representing hundreds of NIH staff who are speaking up & pushing back. I would not have had the courage to do this without our community of named & anonymous Bethesda Declaration signers and allies. @27unihted.bsky.social go.bsky.app/LQZYUdE

Love this piece, “You have this hold over me”, by @anthonyhurd.bsky.social. Happy pride 🏳️‍🌈

For all the scientific societies out there: if you call the cops on your members for spreading information, you will get bad press. Classic Streisand Effect. Shame on the American Diabetes Association.

#StandUpForScience at #ADA! Today and tomorrow during the Presidential Addresses at 9:45am. Audience members stand throughout the talk. 🧪

Today @sbm.org sent an email highlighting OMB/Vought's proposed grant-making rule. Credit for raising awareness & committing to comment. But I was incredibly disappointed they included the admin's threat of unlawful retaliation clearly designed to scare off commenters. Do NOT let them scare you. 🧵

The FY2027 appropriations fight is entering the House markup right now. If you're a federally funded PI and you haven't contacted your rep's office this cycle, here's a 6-step thread that takes less than 80 minutes to start. 🧵

What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ

Wondering why the NIH has such a slow pace of grantmaking this year? Here’s my breakdown. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-execut...

You can slow progress, but you cannot stop it and the leadership of NIH who stand in the way of progress in biomedical research will one day realize just how quickly they will fade into irrelevance once they lose their weak grasp on power. 18/N

Spencer and MJ’s project is now out! Let me say something about the study, why it is important to me personally, and why I think it is important given what is happening right now at NIH and how science there is being disrupted or suppressed. 1/N (N = 19) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Over a year ago probationary employees across the country were unlawfully terminated. A group of 40+ of impacted individuals created a survey to understand the impacts. Results reported: substack.com/@27unihted/n... 🧵🧵🧵

For our homies not on Instagram

Celebrating our community member who penned the famous Courage Is Contagious federal workers. Her art is incredible and she does so much more behind the scenes!

We are excited to sponsor the “Future of Public Research for Behavioral Sciences” Town Hall hosted by NIH Alumni & Bethesda Declaration Signers including Saturday, April 25th, 10am, in Chicago following Society for Behavioral Medicine Meeting (SBM) www.27unihted.org/events/futur...

"Both similarity and differences can come with imposed societal value and judgement, and the science of genomics can intentionally or inadvertently be used to amplify societal inequities..." New substack written by @jennifer-troyer.bsky.social substack.com/@27unihted/n...

In case you need to know what the administration’s priorities are… space was only mentioned THREE times. #pbr #pbr2027 #nasaneedshelp @whitehouse-47.bsky.social

Amazing turnout at our #NoKings outside NIH. We heard energizing and impactful words from @michaeldgreen.phd, @lauramatalopez.bsky.social, former NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo, amazing folks from @27unihted.bsky.social & @savehealthresearch.bsky.social Recharged and ready to keep up the fight!

To watch this event either live or later, tune into open.substack.com/live-stream/... with @angierasmussen.bsky.social and others previewing the Ridley lecture, providing live fact checking, and discussing it afterwards. 3/3

@saveamericamvmt.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social and @27unihted.bsky.social are co-sponsoring an event covering this lecture with the first NIH Freedom From Science lecture with scientists who have actually worked to find evidence and unravel the origin of COVID-19 #NIHFFS 2/3

Join us March 28th 2026 for a very special @nihvigils.bsky.social and food drive! Musical guest @allstrike.bsky.social Link to register: www.mobilize.us/27unihted/ev...

Washington just passed a “millionaire tax,” after Massachusetts passed its own in 2022. New Mexico enacted universal childcare last year. And organizers in Montana and California are advancing a ballot measure that would get corporate money out of politics. We still have power to fix the system.

In ten days on Mar 26, OMB Director & Project 2025 author Russell Vought celebrates his 50th birthday!! 1/3

With so much deserved focus on DHS' ICE abuses, some of the other Noem debacles are not as well known or discussed. Give @rebelfema.altgov.info a follow as they highlight what's happening within their agency, why it's happening & how it could affect you directly. For the full altgov, follow all. 👇

A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity. www.statnews.com/2026/03/12/n...

Great new piece by @melodyschreiber.com in The Guardian about NIH/CDC Director Bhattacharya . In it, I talk about asking Bhattacharya in January about a recent issue affecting the affordability of healthcare for thousands of early career researchers on the NIH campuses.

We have a rotating exhibit of Cajal drawings at NIH. Along with the drawings, a 3D printed model of the image is printed to make Cajal’s work accessible. I was invited to write captions for the images with a group of NIH neuroscientists but our last contribution, from Dec. 2024, never went up.

Fired Fed highlights Rare Disease Day!

Big hello Bluesky from Alt EPA (not an official govt page). EPA is in the news for big things - the tiny snail darter fish (temporarily) shutting down a planned dam, responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, cleaning up superfund sites, limiting what can be introduced into the water and air.

I had to renegotiate my F99/K00 award twice in 6 months, and on both occasions I asked what specifically “DEI activities” means. I didn’t get clear answers, so I was hopeful the person that directive came from could specify (the NIH Director). I asked the on @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social podcast

RFK Jr's HHS may not be honoring our public health heroes working hard for Black communities this month, but make no mistake - the work continues. 💚 What are your favorite organizations doing great work for equity in health? 📣 Give them a shout out below! #BlackHistoryMonth

Please give a big “thank you” to #altgov family and all the organizations, coalitions, and allies who are doing the good work to save, protect, and ensure access to data. Resistance takes many forms. www.shadac.org/news/federal...

We sent all Senators a message. ✉️ Stop ICE. 🧊 Protect Health. 🩺 You should to. ➕ Our full letter is available at www.SaveHHS.org. Letter written with @savehealthresearch.bsky.social @27unihted.bsky.social.

An NIH source tells me that after this story was published, agency leadership held an emergency meeting about Council approval and is looking for ways to speed up the pipeline. "Better late than never?" the source says.

Read the Save HHS open letter! www.savehhs.org/letter-we-wi...

The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying: “Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.” - anonymous NIHer

"We, as a group, have decided to persevere with the same language — unaltered, uncensored. I feel strongly that there is no other way to accurately describe the problem and investigate it rigorously." - @dmohottige.bsky.social This is scientific integrity. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"We can cheer for these bright spots, while still being realistic... We can’t pretend this is perfect, and we can’t ignore the real risks that could await us in 2026." @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social on the NIH funding bill. fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/why-better...

Hey everyone! Have you been impacted by harmful administration policies? Do you have an animal companion?

The language on multiyear funding (MYF) is ineffective. Final bill anchors MYF to 2025 instead of 2024. This means MYF will likely continue at the same rate we saw last year, where NCI's payline from ~10% to 4%. This is incredibly harmful to the US research workforce - especially early career.

The final LHHS bill with funding for Health and Human Services is out this morning! At first glance, it looks similar to the Senate bill with a roughly 1% increase in total funding for the NIH. While it doesn't match inflation, it avoids many of the problems in the presidential budget request. 1/n

It might not be cancelled, just delayed and protocol revised. www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-co...

Latest post from Dr. Ginexi on NOFO guidance, "reductions in burden," and subsequent confusion at #NIH.