This team used Grant Witness data for these analyses. To see every single one of these grants--along with thousands of others that were disrupted in some other way--you can view them all here: grant-witness.us/nih-data.html

Different case, different year, and I'm no longer at Harvard. But I stand by this statement and feel the same today as Harvard gets sued again.

Whole bunch of lawyers reading up on collateral estoppel right now.

The self inflicted wound is grievous www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This plot from @drugmonkey.bsky.social shows how the number of *new* NIH fellowships to Black investigators plummeted last year. And it's only half the story. The other half is that *existing* fellowship grants to POC investigators were also *terminated* at disproportionate rates.

Johns Hopkins' Carl Latkin has data from ~ 500 participants in an HIV study sitting in the cloud unanalyzed after NIH shut off his funding. "Right now I cannot, in good faith, encourage the best and the brightest students to go into a career of NIH-funded research," he told @aniloza.bsky.social

Iris Smith, a staff scientist at Cleveland Clinic, had high hopes for studying endometriosis, a disease that has defined her own life. But NIH cancelled her funding, and her employment contract will expire at the end of March. "This can’t be how it ends,” said Smith, who's figuring out next steps.

When NIH terminated a grant for Northwestern's Minoli Perera to study responses to clopidogrel, a blood thinner, in Puerto Ricans, $250,000 "might as well have been flushed down the toilet, because you built all of this to do nothing with it,” she told me. “I find it just sickening to think about.”

Harvard's Josiemer Mattei had participants drop out of a diabetes prevention study in Puerto Rico after NIH terminated her funding last year. While funding was restored, the trial site she was working with stopped working with her -- and with academics at all -- in part because of the disruption.

Mariya Sweetwyne, an assistant prof at the University of Washington, is down to just 1 lab member after NIH rescinded a grant program through which she'd sought funding. She's reduced her mouse colony by half. Each morning, her daughter hands her a few coins and asks, “Is this going to be enough?”

Breast cancer mortality dropped 58% from 1975 to 2019. Localized, early detected breast cancer has a 99% 5 year survival rate. Modern mammogram tech was developed by NASA for telescopes. Last year, RFK Jr. cancelled 87 research grants on breast cancer. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Here's a (daily updated) NIH grant listing that doesn't suck: sashagusev.github.io/nih-grants-f...

Cumulative total issuances of F-1 student visas to the United States for each calendar year, by month. August 2025 is the latest month available. A wall against the brightest young people from around the world harms all Conservative & Liberal Americans, impoverishing our shared future.

New in SSM-Mental Health, by @albeccia.bsky.social, @scott-delaney.bsky.social, @noamross.net et al.: Congressional district mapping of the NIH/NSF/SAMHSA mental health/substance use grant terminations from early 2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Here's a plot showing cumulative DoD spending each year on crab legs. 🦀🦀🦀 (All credit for the idea and plot to one of our Grant Witness data scientists, Emma Mairson)

The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades. Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more. Me + @k-hought.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

Thick irony from an administration that loudly argues a fundamental flaw in the US Covid response was that HHS had *too much* power over policy--that it "trampled" civil rights--and that the only way to "restore trust" in public health is to rein it in.

Funded by NIH + NSF. No private investor funds a 16-week mouse study on OL gene biology. Federal science builds the foundation industry stands on. Neurological disease costs the U.S. $800B/year. This is what the return on that investment looks like. #NIH #NSF #TaxpayerInvestment #Neurotech

National Science Board meeting starts in 20 mins—I'll try to follow along and do some live coverage. Open session will discuss merit review and changes to agency management/decision-making.

Scientists: for a new story, I have one big question—> What is a “good day” in the lab? I’m looking for epic examples of the best day ever to general criteria for what constitutes a “good day” compared to a nothing-burger day. Ping me if you have examples to share! Re-posts appreciated!

MEGAN KELLER WITH A DIRTY DRAG MOVE AND A GOLD MEDAL WINNING GOAL 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

The fact that @apha.org is the first named plaintiff here is key and should tell you a lot about how this fight will be framed. Related: APHA has really stood up these past 13 months. A beacon of bravery when some other, similar orgs have shrunk from the moment and played small ball at best.

The legal war over the endangerment finding is now underway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

This kid makes me proud to be a Lake Zurich High School alum.

Hey if there's someone NASA-affiliated who can help explain what the "SCEX22026D" fund is, my Signal is nrwitness.26 nasawatch.com/space-scienc...

Now is the moment to speak up for NCAR. @aguscipolicy.bsky.social has a tool to help you submit a comment to NSF on why NCAR matters for science, public safety, and preparedness. Submit: buff.ly/Q0I8rs0 #SaveNCAR

"Litigation seems to be the only language that’s understood right now" How judges have loosened Trump's grip on billions of taxpayer dollars: halting cuts, restoring funds and blocking efforts to tie money to anti-DEI, immigration compliance (gift link) bit.ly/4rGbuJa

The time to speak out is now: reporting via @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h... and more details via Grant Witness and @noamross.net bsky.app/profile/noam...

Tomorrow, Trump plans to terminate $600 million in health supporting grants in 4 states. We have a list of the grants they plan to axe here: grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... But the Trump Admin knows these cuts are unpopular, and they've reversed course before. TACO. So call your reps.

The Trump administration is planning to terminate $600M of CDC grants to CA, CO, MN, and IL. We're publishing the full list. They are using vulnerable communities as a weapon to dismantle public health, targeting partisan enemies, and manipulating media. 🧵 1/5 grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...

VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.

But, as they say, there is no time like the present [OK, maybe the 1930s if you want to nitpick] But, with some data wrangling, my first NSF Funding Curves! 2/3

Reminder: Never capitulate to tyrants. Fight Back. #DefendHigherEd #AcademicSky

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

The better LLMs get, the more data scientists are going to find out the truth.

Of all the departures this past year at NOAA—via the fork offer, retirements, etc.— the one that stung the most was the firing of people in their probationary first year. They have more modern skills than those of us who received their PhDs in the 90s and 00s. My whole department is in its 50s now.

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

This is either 1️⃣ a rather creative and harder-to-challenge-in-court way to further slow NIH grant-making (impoundment by any other name...); 2️⃣ incompetence; or 3️⃣ another lever to exert partisan control over research bc RFK can sidestep vetting and install partisan hacks. I hope it's 2️⃣, I guess?

This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

Shocking to account for what was nearly lost: - 417 programs to prevent suicide, 465 for alcohol, and 351 for HIV - 218 to help Americans with depression, 9 for schizophrenia - 573 program focused on rural areas. - Over 300 to support law enforcement dealing with mental health crises

Last week, the Trump administration cancelled >$2B in mental health + addiction treatment funds. Only massive, rapid pushback caused them to reverse the decision. But these programs remain at risk. So Grant Witness is now tracking SAMHSA grants. What found so far: grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0...

Why Trump's legal retreat from his anti-DEI campus push may be too late for many colleges: www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Spotify Wrapped: War on Science edition

UPDATE re SAMHSA: While the Trump Admin signaled they'll undo the terminations, we don't yet have proof. On Jan 13, grantees received revised Notices of Award (NOAs) formally terminating their grants. Until they receive *another* new NOA w/ original terms, we assume grants remain terminated.

We are collecting information on terminated SAMHSA grants at Grant Witness: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs... If you worked on one of these programs, please let us know at the link! And please share with your colleagues. We need a comprehensive record of these terminations to fight back!

🙏We need your help!🙏 Mass grant terminations are back, this time at SAMHSA. We're tracking terminations to support advocacy and possible litigation. Please report info on specific SAMHSA grant terminations here: grant-witness.us/submit-samhs... We'll have a tracker online ASAP. Spread the word!

DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

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