House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute...

What this summer reminded me about the work of science. This summer has been a series of see-saw events in science: incredibly busy, incredibly challenging, incredibly emotional – but always …

Concern 5 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later

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The editorial and the seven opinion articles posted here were scheduled for publication on July 13, 2026, in the journal, Diabetes Care. All articles were provided, in advance of the scheduled publica...

Explore the realities of academic research and science practice. Discover insights on funding, freedom, and breakthroughs in modern scientific research.

This study examines how skeletal muscle responds to pregnancy-related metabolic challenges, particularly in women with obesity and gestational diabetes. Findings indicate that both groups with obes…

Concern 2 of The Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later

A proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country.

Presented by Planned Parenthood{beacon} Health Care Health Care   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story Lawmakers raise alarms about NIH grant changes  A group of House Democrats is calli…

A proposed rule would radically transform how grant award decisions are made, allowing them to be based on purely political calculations — including who receives funds, what is required of grantees, a...

The Editors highlight three aspects of OMB’s recently proposed rule changes as particularly striking: that decisions on research funding would be made by political appointees, that funding could be...

Part II: The Architects — Who Did This and How Our Competitors Are Responding

Moments of progress in a firehose of upheaval I haven’t posted in a while. Things have been…busy. And unprecedented. And a little overwhelming. At the start of last week, I thought I might open thi…

Research, funding, policy, and an environmental understanding must all come together

Steven E. Kahn, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, John B. Buse, Elizabeth Selvin, Vanita R. Aroda, Seth A. Berkowitz, Matthew J. Crowley, Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick, Meg

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review, this is an overview of all the changes to NIH's peer review over the last 18 months.

Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions

Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions

While NIH-funded centers weren’t on the front lines of virus responses like the CDC or USAID, some researchers involved in the network said the cuts have damaged relationships with experts in other co...

The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.

Have you heard? The federal government is systematically dismantling the infrastructure that makes American research possible. Not hypothetically. It is happening right now. Grants are being terminat...

Staffers say comments coming after NIH’s own approvals are overriding peer review

The Addiction Science Defense Network released a report saying federal actions have potentially destroyed 50 years of research.