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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hey folks! If you haven’t seen this, take a look and consider submitting comments. RFIs help shape the resulting policies, so if you are in favor or opposed, it is valuable to speak up. Would also ask your PO what they think, as they would be most impacted by this… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Hey folks, CSR has undergone a massive reorganization. The macro framework is in place and can be viewed online, and the micro details will come in the next couple of rounds. The new framework will structure your application review starting next (summer) round. Worth a peak for applicants!

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Ok maybe just a *little* furloughed 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

You all deserve it. Science deserves it. I’m lucky to have found a job that brings out my best, where I can contribute to the shared mission most effectively.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Hand to god, I thought I was going to be furloughed again next week 🤣 all my summary statements will be out tomorrow, all my reviewers trained, all assignments out… just in case. Just gotta role with the insanity at this point 🧘‍♀️

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

“The quiet power of program officers lies not in control, but in care. Care for the science, for the people who conduct it, and for the public it is meant to serve.”

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I’m so sad to not be at SfN this year! Go get inspired for me and report back please.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

You are not a schmuck. You cared enough about your colleagues to do everything in your power to get them a fair and thorough review. Because when the SROs return, we can only move to reschedule as quickly as we have all scores to know what will be discussed. You value your community. Thank you.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Agreed! Last round I had a reviewer indicate they couldn’t see them in Edit, but as I said I can’t be sure because I don’t have an option to see in reviewer-view

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

2) yes, in Read phase, for ~a week prior to the meeting. In the meeting, IAR switches to Edit phase and you can only view (and edit) your own critiques again. Not 100% on that because SROs see different screens from reviewers. But definitely you are encouraged to view other critiques in Read Phase.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

1) the last time we postponed and rescheduled (spring), roster membership was left intact and DRR honored extensions and post submission deadlines. Meaning, likely yes for this round of postponements as well. And…

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Surely, this is the week fellas! I know the people in the fancy suits can do it!

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

These study sections are planned to be rescheduled, not cancelled, just like our spring rescheduling. In the latter case, roster membership was honored for continuing submission and 2 week extensions. I would assume the same rules would apply in this case as well.

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Elizabeth Sypek @elizabethis.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Schrödinger's employment.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Wouldn’t it be wild if after the shutdown ends, I turn on my computer and work phone for the first time (I’m not permitted to now), and one of my missed emails is a RIF layoff? What a world.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

CVS is doing it?! I couldn’t get one at Publix. Making appt now…

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/09/2025

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Postdocs applying for K99s, particularly if it's your last opportunity: DO NOT forget to include a foreign justification document if you have any sort of foreign collaboration. Your application will be withdrawn if you don't have that.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Peer review isn’t perfect. But in some ways, that wasn’t the point of the post, was it?

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

And a whole lot of reviewers who want to give their colleagues and field a fair shot at progress, even as they themselves struggle. SROs and POs can’t do anything if we can’t get those grants through peer review!

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M. S. AtKisson @igrrrl.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

H/T to my NORDP colleague MV. New NIH policies on AI just dropped. (Don't) Also "no more than six new, renewal, resubmission, or revision applications from an individual Principal Investigator/Program Director or Multiple Principal Investigator for all council rounds in a calendar year."

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NOT-OD-25-132: Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications NOT-OD-25-132. NIH

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Also be sure to read the instructions a Forms I SF424. These Fs will have the new format/review instructions so there are different components from the previous NOFOs.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Retiring to post under new Simplified Review Framework?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.” @nytimes.com 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Digging into the reinstated NIH grants. This story is an evolving doozy. The reinstated grant is an R21 from Seattle Children's Hospital I was very confused when I read the title: "An intervention to promote healthy relationships among transgender and gender expansive youth" 1/n

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

OK. Do you have a picture in your mind? It's worse than that...

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Contact the review branch Chief

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

lol yes you can search for published meetings there, but no there isn’t a place to see pending publications

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

It’s panel-by-panel still, but we are working hard to reschedule as best we can. You can monitor the Federal Register by searching for your SRO’s name.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

*it’s been submitted for posting! But that wasn’t happening before, so it’s just a matter of time before it’s posted

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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Among the best articles I've read on the capture of NIH. Seeing all this laid out, it's plain that the motivation is to destroy the university and scientific system. #academicsky #neuroskyence

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Honestly. I’ll take it ☺️🫡

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🤣🤣🤣 we love to see it. Hang in there everyone!

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We have not received any notification to stop communication from CSR

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

CSR doesn’t see this going great for us. Do the institutes have a different perspective?

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

SROs in my division are now given the opportunity to pilot no Chair summary, and instead working with the Chair on ways to facilitate a more active discussion.

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Way more people here! Anything you want to know about NIH peer review? Ever wondered why you can’t get your grant scores at meeting end? The SRO has to check them against in-discussion notes! Every meeting there are typos that take a day or two to fix. Trust me, you want those scores to be right!

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

A little over a year ago, I left academia, transferred my R01, and became a Scientific Review Officer at NIH. In celebration of my one year anniversary, let’s demystify the process! Any burning, *anonymous* questions you have about leaving academia?? ngl.link/ashleymkopec

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@ashleymkopec: Send me anonymous messages!

NGL: Anonymous Q&A

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