Can’t wait to see the forthcoming public administration case study textbooks with chapters for each executive agency under Trump 2.0. RFK’s chapter will likely read like The Onion.

This is exactly why staffing cuts, or just informally driving out and failing to hire staff, should be understood as an unlawful impoundment. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My null mice were also mildly positive (to no fault of my own people!). It means nothing. RT-PCR picks ups every random strand and amplifies it.

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Today inside NIH I heard senior leaders endorse an idea that banning the term "social determinants of health" improves science by making us more precise. The same people who championed SDOH research just over a year ago are now toeing the party line. Taking a moment to unpack this. 🧵1/?

The Canvas hack is truly terrifying and could have all kinds of knock-on effects. Student messages to professors can be particularly sensitive. @linkletter.org helps contextualize this: www.404media.co/the-biggest-...

#RAdminSky #Alzheimers #cancer

Indiana's "intellectual diversity" law is a fundamental assault on core principles of academic freedom & institutional autonomy that has created a climate of fear & political survailance. "I now have to constantly look over my shoulder & figure out if I have followed a law I do not understand."

Southern Oregon Weighs Deep Cuts Southern Oregon University is considering job and program cuts as it faces a $12.5 million budget deficit and a legislative mandate to balance its books to unlock emergency funds. https://bit.ly/4tp8npx #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

While the Texas Tech Board Met, Students Attended a Funeral Students held a mock funeral for academic freedom Thursday, four weeks after the university system introduced policies that censor women’s and gender studies content. https://bit.ly/4nrHyQb #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

#RAdminSky #NIH

ChatGPT Made Me Do It #RAdminSky #1A #academicSky

Institutional neutrality is intended to restrain the speech of the institution itself, not students and faculty. But universities are increasingly using such policies to suppress student speech. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

#NOHO #Smith #trans #academicSky

Smith College is now under investigation by the Department of Education for admitting trans students. archive.ph/Zn90w

Charles Lieber, famous convicted scientist, moves to China #RAdminSky

HBCU Cancels South Carolina Lt. Governor’s Grad Speech After Protests Pamela Evette, who’s running for governor, cut a campaign ad focused on student demonstrations against her and called for an end to tenure. https://bit.ly/4td5198 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky

Fixed Price Contracts generally benefit the Gov't: EO signed Thursday www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... #RAdminSky

Texas Tech just instituted “one of the most extreme anti-speech policies ever imposed at a public university.” The policy bans professors from discussing LGBTQ+ topics in core & lower-level courses and eliminates entire fields of study across the five-university system. #AcademicSky

William Ford and Cerin Lindgrensavage explain how the White House is increasingly using Category C, a tool to withhold federal funds for use in future fiscal years, to advance administration priorities potentially in violation of congressional spending directives.

Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma & Tennessee legislatures are considering bills that will weaken tenure, academic freedom & shared governance at public colleges and universities. Inside Higher Ed breaks down the harmful impact of the bills and how AAUP chapters & leaders are responding to this threat⬇️

March 31, 2026

Yet another change that will affect the faculty we work with. #NIH #RAdminsky

As a grantee and study section member I urge CSR to restore discussion of 50% of applications. At 33% - one unfavorable score can push a strong grant out. For resubmission - panel feedback is essential! @altnih4science.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social #CSR #NIH @drugmonkey.bsky.social RTpls!

ICYMI 3/26/26 NEW EO #RAdminSky www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

As of today, 3/24/26, NIH has not awarded any new projects or even conference grants, to my university

The Trump administration is engaged in another effort to ban DEI in universities, this time via the General Service Administration www.highereddive.com/news/gsa-pla...

“The NIH has just been giving out this money in a very weird way,” explains @sangerkatz.bsky.social, of The New York Times. It's resulting in the agency “funding a lot less research.” Listen for more analysis of the latest health care news 🎧 ⤵️

Trump Administration Surveys Cornell Employees About Antisemitism

13% success rates for FY2025 grant awards. NIH finally releases some FY2025 success rate data drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/n...

🔔 Join EIPAD for a conversation about the Trump admin's escalating attacks on the First Amendment, featuring @attorneynora.bsky.social, @jameeljaffer.bsky.social, and Ben Wizner, moderated by @laurenleharper.bsky.social. 🗓️ March 25, 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT RSVP: umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Obviously, there’s a wealth of documented evidence showing that Jay Bhattacharya lies like you & breathe—it’s what MAGA/MAHA loyalists do His biggest lie is that he is “apolitical” Just 2 quick examples: he was a Featured Speaker at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 & he campaigned for RFK Jr

The potential for overt political influence remains as long as current leadership remains in charge. Which is why scientists are not breathing a giant sigh of relief with this news or even news from OMB.

Bhattacharya testified today #RAdminSky #savetheNIH #eduSky #cancer #Alzheimers

@mcclellan.house.gov how about asking OMB release research funding for #NSF and #NIH? #Va has received NO new awards from NCI. Con’t strangling funding and lowering #IDC rate will result in collapse of all R1-2 universities and tens of thousands of jobs.

Provides some insights into what is happening (or rather what is not happening) with regard to federal science grant making.

Lee Bollinger on universities’ importance #RadminSky

Listening to #NIH staff discuss their new strategic plan under a “unified funding strategy.” Difficult time answering some questions related to (1) multi-year funding, (2) non-animal models preference, (3) geographic preference over strict merit decisions #RAdminSky

Update 3/16: A very small handful of NIH apportionments have come through — with big exceptions. The ones that OMB has approved are all Congressionally mandated/earmarked. The broad discretionary funds that fund most NIH grants not yet been authorized. (1/2)

"This is not efficiency... This is the systematic elimination of scientific stewardship at the world’s largest biomedical research funder. And most people have no idea it is happening." Destroying the research that will power future discoveries and violating the Constitution

NSF also being destroyed

Our NICRAs are only good through Sept 30- via court order and appropriations bills. What is the plan for FY27 indirect costs? Is your university planning on laying off staff? #RAdminSky

I got excited when I saw that NIH might have received its first apportionment from OMB today. Alas, it's for ARPA-H. OMB still has not given NIH a dime for non-salary, non-emergency expenses from the spending bill that was signed into law on Feb 3.

No cancer $ has left NCI in FY 26 except one P01 to #UNC. Pocket rescission? #RAdminSky

New research grants in essentially all fields (as judged by NIH Institutes and Center missions) fell by 20-25% from fiscal year 2024 to fiscal year 2025. 2/5

! March 30 deadline for comments on GSA proposed rule on DEI certification for fed funds www.regulations.gov/document/GSA... #RAdminSky

A possibility which I am now working on understanding is that funds from terminated grants were not used to other NIH grants as Director Bhattacharya has said they were Instead, it seems that they may have been returned to the Treasury, effectively cutting the NIH appropriation. 20/20

Some fantastic new artwork from the talented @drrabbithole.bsky.social for the impeach Vought campaign! Please join us in signing! actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...

Question: do you all understand IDC and the state of the litigation? Would a blog post be useful? #RAdminSky

Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities. But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham. It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why: 🧵1/