An updated list of all the NIH Post-baccalaureate Research Education Programs (PREP)! Including a summary of their locations, deadlines, and more. Please share with all undergraduates that can benefit from a 1-2 year program for preparing for graduate school! #PREP #NIH #Postbac #PhD

Several Graduate T32s (G-RISE, IMSD, Bridges to the Doctorate) and the MARC T34 (for undergraduates) training grants now have expiration dates of today, 1/30/2025.

Post-baccalureate (R25, PREP) programs expired today too

A USAID HR director sent out this email today to staff letting them know he was placed on administrative leave. “Today, representatives of the Agency's front office and DOGE instructed me to violate the due process of our employees by issuing immediate termination notices to a group of employees.”

What the Trump admin may be hoping for: 1) Outrage from the pause of federal funding, 2) Most restrictions are lifted after a few weeks, 3) The STEM community sighs of relief and goes back to work, 4) Cuts to their real targets - diversity, climate, vax etc - stay in place with little resistance.

Here’s what’s what at UChicago. Not good.