“As a Colombian immigrant, my grant represented opportunity and hope… The grant application was 98 pages of perseverance.” In the essay, I reflect on the uncertainty, psychological toll & broader consequences funding disruptions can have on trainees and scientific innovation & offer policy supports.

We talk a lot about the millions of dollars lost, but not enough about the next generation of scientists. These pieces connect the data with lived experience. Please repost & help uplift students who are fighting to stay in academia & support their communities. #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicSky

Congrats newly minted Dr. Jarmaillo! @jahnjaramillo.bsky.social I wrote about your experience on my blog today. @aniloza.bsky.social did a great job highlighting the importance of your work and the inconsistency in claims that “DEI” is being replaced with “Merit” www.statnews.com/2026/03/23/n...

Grateful to see this conversation being brought to light & this reflects what many early career researchers are navigating right now. If funding is shrinking but community need is growing, how are early career researchers supposed to stay and keep doing this work? @aniloza.bsky.social @statnews.com

When my NIH F31 grant was terminated, I was devastated. This companion piece to our recent analysis on F31 terminations centers the human impact of these disruptions, alongside evidence on how these fellowships have shaped trainee trajectories. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #AcademicSky #NIH

When my NIH F31 grant was terminated in 2025, I wanted to understand how widespread these disruptions were. In a new paper, we show that 400+ predoctoral fellowships were affected, raising concerns about stability in early-career research support. doi.org/10.1093/hasc... #HAScholar @Health_Affairs