NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics? 1) Write NSF 2) Write your Congressperson 3) CC us at [email protected] so we can compile + follow up Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter

I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year. Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.

Washington, DC. March 7th, 2026. Rally with us to Take Back Science! 🧪✊🔬💥 The stakes could not be higher: we're facing attacks from an administration hell-bent on dismantling our science and our democracy. We have to stand up and fight back! GET IN, DORKS! www.standupforscience.net/ma...

An ICE agent attempted to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis, threatening the staff member who prevented him from entering. Hello? ICE is so out of control that its agents think they can break international law. Congress needs to rein them in yesterday.

Pressure works! Capitulation and appeasement does not! apnews.com/article/dei-...

Democrats are trying to translate visceral outrage into political strategy, even though there's little consensus on how to press forward on issues where the party has recently struggled to earn voters' trust. https://to.pbs.org/4jOplKK

Here’s the deal with the FY26 NIH funding bill: One line in the 1000+ pg bill = significantly less science. The increase to ~40% of grants moving to MYF is estimated to result in a 35% decrease in the NUMBER of NIH grants funded annually—moving the paylines from 10% to around 4%. THIS IS BAD.

Director Bhattacharya spending more time on podcasts, this time taking about not renewing grants NIH was forced to restore. Good reporting from @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n... 1/3

BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Here's the press release ICE issued the day after Chaofeng Ge died. Although, he was found with hogtied with “a cloth ligature around his neck,” ICE chose this headline: ICE detainee passes away at Pennsylvania's Moshannon Valley Processing Center "Passes away." source: www.ice.gov/news/release...

Update on a significant development NIH grant terms. On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons. But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July. 1/

Join us at CU Denver Biology! We have an open search for an assistant professor in cell and molecular biology to support our research and teaching mission. cu.taleo.net/careersectio...

✨🧠 Excited to share my research at #SFN today! If you’re around, stop by the Neurobiology of Stress Minisymposium this afternoon. We have a stacked session filled with fantastic talks. You won’t want to miss this line up! 🙌🏽

Beyond the false claims linking Tylenol to autism, it is especially gross to see extremely wealthy men shaming women for not ‘toughing it out’ during pregnancy.

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org

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I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail. 1/14

🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of... Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆 Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci

16% loss at NIH 22% loss at NIDA; 22% loss at NIMH, 18% NIA, 17% NIAID. 17% loss at NIAAA, finally answering the question about unusually huge losses of POs causing their funding slowness in the negative.

The Trump administration, seemingly determined to hobble the NIH, continues to devise new and insidious ways to politicize what has long been considered the crown jewel of US research. My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

"People rallied with the doctors, calling for medical professionals to be allowed inside..." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Several people have suggested that I compile my emails to Bhattacharya and I am delighted to do so. Announcing the first cut of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay' jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g... This contains just the first few exchanges. I will be adding more as time permits.

Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions

It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.

After the past few days, it's more important than ever that we speak out against the war on science and research. Make your voice heard. Join us this Saturday: bit.ly/SoundScience....

Related to our previous post- if you had a grant terminated, Pro Publica wants to hear from you. Your work was funded because it was good, important science meant to help Americans. Reach out, and make your voice heard. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY! Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT… 🔗 Instructions and scripts here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #31Days

Important- if you had an illegally terminated grant that was reinstated, you might not be safe. Staff are being told that grants *may* be canceled after October 1st, 2025 if not "in line with agency priorities". POs are being muzzled and can't tell grantees directly. #NIH #NIH_funding

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Record-setting rains in Wisconsin led to life-threatening flash flooding in Milwaukee and the surrounding area overnight Saturday to Sunday, prompting widespread flood alerts and the early closure of the Wisconsin State Fair. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...

These job ads have now been posted! 🎉 Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020 Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054 Please spread the word!

💯 So many amazing and dedicated people lost their jobs today, to the detriment of us all. America is weaker today than it was before.

By entirely funding more awards up front, the NIH is on track to fund just 1 in 25 applications Such a payline “would chase a lot of people out of science” former NCI director Ned Sharpless told us 🧪🔬 www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...

We are hearing a lot of rumblings about pocket rescissions — Russ Vought’s MAGA troops illegally stripping funding from your government — about to be deployed Aug 15. Hold onto your shorts, everyone. This is the big fight.

A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking: Grant Watch has a new name! We're now called **Grant Witness** You can find us at grant-witness.us Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏 (And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️)

The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com. The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH. Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?

Durham: 283k people per the 2020 Census. 102k identify as Black or African American, 113k as White. It's crucial for health systems to serve their surroundings. Like many other places we do not represent the diverse community we serve. Curious to see how this "racial discrimination" is justified...

President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday canceling about $9 billion that had been approved for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans look to lock in cuts to programs targeted by the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency. buff.ly/GTTFWDs

It’s time to come together to hold Jay Bhattacharya accountable for his management of #NIH because we are #StrongerTogether. No more devaluing scientific expertise No more discriminating against racial, ethnic and gender minority populations baltimorepostexaminer.com/rallying-for...

A beautifully written piece on a terrible time www.science.org/content/arti...

"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...

~40 signers of the Bethesda Declaration are meeting with Jay Bhattacharya on Monday, July 21. To show they represent the nearly 32,000 signers, there’s a rally of support at 4 pm at the NIH Visitor Center (Medical Center Metro). Join us! actionnetwork.org/events/bethe...