We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Sign the petition to call for the removal of RFK, Jr. www.standupforscience.net/rfk-impeachm...

Article in Nature from a former NIH employee and Bethesda Declaration signer... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Proud to have contributed to this commentary in response to the HHS report on pediatric gender dysphoria urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Here is the Democracy Now/ACLU brief for the Supreme Court. Thanks to all of the plaintiffs for standing up, and the attorneys and their staffs for all of their hard work. Let's win this thing (again) protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

Here are some of the highlights of the appropriations bill that the Senate appropriations committee just approved: $48.7 billion for NIH, an increase of $400 million Rejects the proposal to cap indirect cost rates at 15% Includes a provision to prevent MYF that would reduce the number of grants

A good explainer for #NIH funded researchers on why the multiyear funding scheme is going to squeeze NIH scientists and NIH science. open.substack.com/pub/sciencea...

Call these 14 senators. Thank them for supporting #NIH. Remind them that supporting NIH is meaningless if NIH cannot function. This stay would: 1) Enable censorship of science. 2) Disrupt NIH’s ability to fund any research.

If the Supreme Court allows #NIH to terminate ongoing grants because it changed its mind on priorities, it will be the end of NIH and the end of the US as a leader in biomedical science. Period. thehill.com/policy/healt...

American Psychological Foundation released a call for applications for crisis funding to support early career researchers who had grants terminated. Looks like a great opportunity! ampsychfdn.org/funding/dacf/

NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding. NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.

So grateful to Katie Edwards for coming forward, for refusing to back down, and for helping lead the charge so many might have their grants reinstated. www.sciencefriday.com/segments/res...

Just in: NIH staff have been instructed to REINSTATE these ~900 grants to comply with the court order, per sources. This comes after staff were also directed to cease any further terminations. You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious. "The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]." Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.

“It is palpably clear that these directives and the set of terminated grants here also are designed to frustrate, to stop, research that may bear on the health—we’re talking about health here, the health of Americans, of our LGBTQ community. That’s appalling.” newrepublic.com/post/196887/...

⚖️ HUGE day today in the NIH terminations cases There's a trial (of sorts) at 10a ET in Boston today for arguments that NIH unlawfully terminated 100s of grants. It's a 3 hour hearing and I'll post periodic updates. Of note: this is the 1st lawsuit filed against the Trump Admin to go to trial.

When the National Institutes of Health cut billions of dollars of research funding earlier this year, it jeopardized our wellbeing and scientific progress. We'll be in court Monday arguing that scientific research should be guided by evidence, not politics.

🚨 NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya is testifying before the US Senate Appropriations Committee today. The hearing is bound to be spicy, after more than 300 agency staff wrote him a letter decrying his leadership and actions as director. 🔥 I'll be live-posting the hearing, so follow along here.

A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...

“In an unusual act of public protest, more than 340 scientists and staff at the National Institutes of Health today released a statement charging NIH officials and their superiors with politicizing science.” www.science.org/content/arti... #StandUpForScience #BethesdaDeclaration

🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)

Funding freeze at Northwestern from Emma Mairson at grant-watch.us. Data from USAspending. Normally, ~$70 M per month. Now, bupkis. Northwestern is keeping research moving and must be spending ~$40 M per month. Clearly not sustainable for too long.

Important piece by Drs. @jaepuckett.bsky.social and Paz Galupo theconversation.com/our-trans-he...

This is your health on MAGA.

Judge overseeing the NIH grant cuts lawsuit: "I've just come across this database called Grant Watch which is rather intriguing. Everybody seems to look at [it] for the data concerning NIH grants... This is like a physician's desk reference." 👏 well done @scott-delaney.bsky.social @noamross.net

Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget. Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA... APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience

Sworn testimony & leaked emails: more proof DOGE is hand-picking which NIH grants live or die—screening awards, handing out kill lists, & canceling science in hours 🙌 Shout out to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com for breaking the story (again), in part due to brave NIH insiders

REMINDER.....REMINDER......REMINDER 3 DAYS LEFT TO COMMENT ON SCHEDULE F 1/n

Exclusive: Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show. By @propublica.org's @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Science article with perspectives from NIH insiders www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

New STAT story about the possible new NIH grants terms and conditions www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...

“I urge you to ask: What is my professional society actively doing to protect science right now? And if the answer is “nothing,” perhaps it’s time to rethink your membership. Because silence isn't neutrality. It’s complicity. And science deserves better.” www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬 🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund: • Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs • Pandemic preparedness • Children’s health • Medical tech innovation • Mental health science & more NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.

This should be the template for every university’s website: let the public know what they gain from research and what they stand to lose. www.harvard.edu

Riding the high of #SPPAC2025, making a starter pack—but am also at the airport and am missing so many! Please chime in for an add! #ThisIsPedsPsych

The people are awake. The people are angry. And the people are organized. 📍 Chicago, Illinois #HANDSOFF

🚨 NIH quietly reinstated a grant on gender-affirming care, hoping it'd save top officials from sitting for depositions. It didn't work. On 4/22, Memoli will sit for sworn testimony. Today: Michelle Bulls, who's signed many termination letters. Tomorrow: fmr extramural research chief Liza Bundesen.

Wheels down in Phoenix for #SPPAC2025! Excited to be in community with my peds psych folks and moderate a session on #transyouth health, present a mentor award to dear friend/mentor @tstancin.bsky.social, and participate in a Hot Topics panel re: what is happening at NIH! #ThisIsPedsPsych

Yep…I’ve had a grant focused on #transyouth that was supposed to be reviewed in February, then rescheduled to April, and most recently removed from the assigned study section and status says “awaiting study section assignment”. Not optimistic this grant will actually be reviewed…

Thank you @britshmit.bsky.social 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

Division of Violence Prevention Division of Injury Prevention Office of Health Equity Division of Reproductive Health Scientific Integrity Branch Division of Population Health Office of Human Resources Division of TB Elimination Division of HIV and TB All gutted

Here's a script: 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵