Phoebe J. Lam
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Chemical Oceanographer at UCSC
Some good news: temporary restraining order used:
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
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Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's sweeping government overhaul
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a two-week restraining order temporarily blocking the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government. Her order applies to 20 agencies.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393777/trump-rifs-court-mass-layoff-doge
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Science Magazine
9 months ago
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
https://scim.ag/3YCFvO3
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Zack Labe
9 months ago
This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data. "As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
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Jeremy Berg
9 months ago
AAU updates their excellent explainer about indirect costs to cover the current attacks...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtqK...
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Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtqK8SyxFMc
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lawsuit filed yesterday against the NSF IDC cuts!
www.aau.edu/key-issues/l...
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Legal Filings Submitted by AAU, APLU, ACE, and 13 Universities Contesting Cuts to NSF Research | Association of American Universities (AAU)
On May 5, 2025, AAU, APLU, ACE and 13 research universities filed a lawsuit contesting the cutting of F&A reimbursement rates for NSF grants and cooperative agreements.
https://www.aau.edu/key-issues/legal-filings-submitted-aau-aplu-ace-and-13-universities-contesting-cuts-nsf-research
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For those of us who didn't follow the drama closely on how the cap on NIH indirect cost played out, but are suddenly very very interested in the wake of the cap on NSF indirect costs, I just found this helpful summary of the NIH timeline:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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NIH cuts triggered a host of lawsuits: Nature’s guide to what’s next
A host of legal claims aim to roll back the Trump administration’s grant terminations, indirect-cost cap and more.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01192-y
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Crap:
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
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Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
https://www.nsf.gov/policies/document/indirect-cost-rate
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Noam Ross
9 months ago
UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated
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grant-watch.us
. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.
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Saw an enormous banana slug yesterday that was almost as big as the actual banana I was carrying
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