‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

Sending lots of support to the NSF and NIH program officers who have been serving the science community in so many ways. Thank you 🙏

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

I'm proud to work alongside many amazing women scientists! #ResearchSavesLives #WomenInScience www.youtube.com/shorts/ME3iw... @madamescientist.bsky.social

For the outstanding diversity F31 awardees I’ve had the pleasure of working with, you are deserving of those awards. You are doing amazing work and I know you will continue to do so. I took my position to help trainees navigate funding & their careers and will continue to do so.

Just want to say again I’m grateful for the people doing their best to hold it down at the NIH despite the chaos and uncertainty. I see you 🙌🏾

Today was yet another sad day for science. All U-RISE training programs, including the one at SJSU, got stop work orders. We've had a version of this program at SJSU for 30+ yrs. Devastating for the students who got their stipends & tuition pulled w no notice & for the future of science 🧪 1/

Powerful new Washington Post story up... wapo.st/426d9fT (Gift link) 1/n

The NIH study section I'm serving on for student/postdoc fellowships has been rescheduled for late April (good). But the diversity fellowship apps have been eliminated from the review list (very bad). Extremely frustrating that they couldn't even be reclassified as standard fellowship apps.

Ever wondered about who Michaelis and Menton were? Learn more here…

Bare bones dashboard is up... (Including the first Advisory Council meeting posted in the Federal Register) jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin. If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!

ATTENTION: ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS Nothing posted yet in the Federal Register I had heard that at least some institutes and centers had tentatively scheduled "make-up" meetings in April but are no longer planning these. 1/2

And study section is postponed a day before the meeting. After taking the time to review the applications. And a few of my applications were pulled earlier this week (after I reviewed them) because of diversity. It’s disheartening and awful.

My op-ed below (which is a paper covering a chunk of Appalachia in Ohio) has gotten some attention. It’s not too hard to understand - people support cancer research. I’m a biomedical researcher who lost his wife to cancer. Finding cures is personal. www.vindy.com/opinion/edit...

The one acceptable reason to endure mansplaining.

Dr Rasha Alawieh, assistant professor in transplant nephrology at Brown, detained at airport after travel to Lebanon, despite valid H-1B visa #nephsky #transplantsky #medsky www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025... @kateschapira.bsky.social @brownmedicine.bsky.social

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

A dear friend of mine just had all her funding pulled. All she has ever done is work exceptionally hard to do excellent science and help others do great science. This is heartbreaking

NEW: State health department announces new measles case in Maryland State agency alerts: "Anyone who visited the following location.. may have been exposed: Washington Dulles International Airport: The international arrivals area March 5th, 4pm-9pm"

Hi. I am trying to understand what is going on with the changes in NIH review. If anyone has anything that they think might be useful, DM me or (better) find me on Signal (jeremymberg.78)

Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE. 1/2

Thank you, Scott Peters! We appreciate you! scottpeters.house.gov/2025/3/rep-p...

I'll be in DC this Friday. Join me, B'more folks! Time to stand up

10/10 study sections listed as starting today did not take place. No new post on the federal register as of now. The NIH onslaught continues.

Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

TO NIHers OUT THERE It appears that folks from different ICs are getting quite different guidance about whether to respond to the "HR" email. I don't know how, but try to share information with one another to avoid some folks making themselves targets. You can reach me on Signal (jeremymberg.78)

My lab has a position for a programmer--if you have programming skills and have recently left the NIH please contact me.

About time, house Democrats.

Very important to get this word out!

We urge the Administration and Congress to reconsider and roll back these actions immediately so potential cuts can be made in a thoughtful and safer manner. To do otherwise may result in absolute tragedy for the American people.

ATTENTION If you are on a study section that was scheduled to meet, please post or DM me with information regarding: 1. The name of the study section 2. The scheduled date 3. Whether the meeting actually occurred THANK YOU

ATTENTION (PLEASE SHARE) If anyone has or knows of any positions that might be appropriate for the NIH staff members who were terminated, please post the information in this thread. There are lots of talented and accomplished people who may be looking for new opportunities.

If you are an NIH or CDC scientist that lost your job, we have a home for you at UTHealth. I’m hiring physician scientists and we also have transplant ID fellowship slots open. Contact me. #IDSky #MedSky

98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

HEADS UP: If anyone is submitting an app this week or soon, check with your grants office to make sure they have language that allows them to correct indir cost recovery if the 15% level is modified. It is likely that they will be on top of this, but it's possible to lock in the low rate by mistake

Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough

To my friends and colleagues at UAB, IU, UF, FSU, UL, WashU, OSU, CWRU, etc, etc. Call both your senators and your representative. They listen. Emphasize the direct economic impact of NIH research, and the indirect impacts on pharmaceutical/biotech. Underscore its relevance to national security.

This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

🎇Our new paper in @ScienceMagazine : Kidney Multiome-Based Genetic Scorecard Reveals Convergent Coding and Regulatory Variants. @Hongbo919Liu science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at [email protected]. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n

Special Bluetorial: The benefits of different life experiences The scientific community has folks with a very wide range of life experiences. We have a lot to learn from one another.

Does any see the option for a no cost extension on eRA Commons now? Folks are telling me that this may not be universal. Thank you for any information you can provide.

🆘 Email from my colleague on the Hopkins Research Council🆘 Can anyone confirm? 🧪

January 29 is now PO / SRO appreciation day in my book.

Thanks to @socdevbio.bsky.social for speaking up alongside us! Has anyone seen similar messages from @americanheart.bsky.social @asnkidney.bsky.social or the American Physiological Society/APS (not sure APS is on Bluesky)?