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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 03/04/2026

The NSF has been compromised.

The U.S. National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request reflects a strategic alignment of resources in a constrained fiscal environment while eliminating woke and weaponized grant programs that previously funded radical DEI projects. NSF is prioritizing investments that have the greatest potential to address the most critical, high-priority challenges and opportunities identified by the Administration, Congress, and the science and technology community.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

They have made it SUPER easy to email your Sentaors to vote no on Jim O'Neill, who is massively unqualified to run NSF - in fact, he's likely being nominated ot help destory it, as usual per Trump. This took me literally one minute. Add your voice. Please.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I am reviewing a simply amazing paper from a relatively young US-based lab, which is in danger of shutting its doors later this year. My emotions are all over the place. The fact that this does not uniquely identify the lab I’m referring to just deepens the tragedy of this moment in US science.

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Bruce Kiesel @bhkiesel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The best news I’ve seen today. A big win, although it may only be a temporary one, for Science. Impeach and remove RFK Jr.!!!

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Dr. Gita Gnanadesikan @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

"The $7.3 billion National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH’s largest institute, is also feeling the effects. At a recent public meeting, Deputy Director Doug Lowy noted the NOFO approval process now requires 16 steps. He joked that it’s now more complex than a 1929 Rube Goldberg design for a can opener"

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

On top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

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I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14

How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

“Dr. Pilloud said that she felt like she had to present ideas that were not scientifically sound — such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new, and widely disputed, guidance about vaccines” I realize I am fortunate, but I genuinely cannot imagine doing this.

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Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump’s Gaze

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Lucy W. Naughton (she/her) @lucywnaughton.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I’m thrilled to announce that this fall, I’ll begin pursuing my PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Kentucky. I’m honored to work with Dr. Christal Badour as my mentor! Special thanks to @lindsayorchowski.bsky.social for all of her support along the way. So excited for this next chapter!

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 16/07/2025

Researchers take note: 👇🏼👇🏼 analysis of changes to words in 232 datasets from HHS, CDC, & VA sources btwn Jan 20 & Mar. 25, 2025, compared to archived versions: 49% substantially altered 106 had "gender" switched to "sex" 15 logged/indicated change occurred 🛟😷🧪📈 Sociology demography policy medsky

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Data manipulation within the US Federal Government

A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...

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Jen Richmond @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Rage coding this morning using #TidyTuesday NSF grant terminations data. Research in STEM Education and Social, Behavioral, & Economic Science is clearly being targeted by the current administration. I made a lot of depressing #rstats plots, check them out jenrichmond.github.io/posts/2025-0...

A map of USA states plotting the percent of funding lost that came from STEM and SBE directorates. Most states are coloured orange and red, indicating that more than 70% of funding lost was related to STEM and SBE.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research. Or 932 years. [And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/05/2025

Birdsong is vanishing. 83% of North American bird species are in decline. And Trump? He’s gutting the protections meant to save them. 140+ actions to dismantle environmental protections already. Birds are a warning siren. Sound the alarm. Fight back. Read more ⬇️ news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

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North American bird populations suffering severe decline | Cornell Chronicle

North American bird populations are declining most severely in areas where they should be thriving, according to new Cornell research.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/05/2025

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE: 19 states + DC are suing Trump admin over illegal & unconstitutional dismantling of HHS. “…this administration has fired scientists, closed labs, shuttered lifesaving programs, without rhyme, reason, or any legal authority,” said NY AG James. www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/h...

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More than a dozen states, DC sue Trump administration over ‘dismantling’ of federal health agencies | CNN

Democratic attorneys general across 19 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal hea...

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🧪 ICYMI: $25,000 bridge funding for terminated NSF grants. Major props for to the Spencer, Sloan, W. T. Grant, and Kapor Foundations for their swift action, even though we (and they) know this is a band-aid fix. Due May 30. Applications are brief: a 2-3 page memo of 6-month plans & other docs.

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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Check this chart. Purple line: NIH actual budget (as passed by Congress) after 2000. This is in real (inflation-adjusted) dollars. The Trump/Vought proposal for 2026 (yellow) is catastrophic, for US science and medical cures for Americans. That's a massive drop.

NIH Budget (2025 Dollars)
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FY2026 Presidential Proposal
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation
A Girl Looking at a Physics Model
TAKE ACTION
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work.

Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I’m here to tell you that @standupforscience.bsky.social is working HARD behind the scenes to fight back against Trump’s destruction of science! We are going all in this summer ahead of the budget vote…and setting up to support pro-science candidates in the midterms. We are gonna save science!

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Jessica Schwartzman @drjessicaphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Autistic people are not a disease. They never have been. Autistic people have fundamentally shaped our world...an incredibly net positive community. To condemn the existence of any autistic person is unacceptable. Autism is an inherent part of our culture and history, and it always will be.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/05/2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.

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RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination

Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.

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Prof Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 02/05/2025

The wanton destruction of academia in the US right now is pretty depressing.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025

🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This is the part that sticks with me about those funding cancellation letters. Funding cancellation is bad enough, but working in the effort to insult and belittle the investigator betrays the fact that is being done with vindictive and cruel intentions.

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Nora Bradford @norabradford.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I just learned that there's a national graduate student crisis line - gradresources.org. Might be worth spreading the word as I'm pretty sure exactly *checks notes* zero grad students are doing well emotionally right now.

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Grad Resources

Encouraging and equipping graduate students for impact.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

War on science

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Brown University School of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

You've heard a lot about grant funding lately with disruptions at the NIH threatening groundbreaking research at #BrownSPH. Our thanks to Brown Alumni & Friends for collecting 5 important ways grant-funded research at Brown directly impacts our lives today! alumni-friends.brown.edu/news/2025-04...

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5 ways grant-funded research at Brown is changing and saving lives

Every day, researchers at Brown are working on groundbreaking discoveries—made possible through federal and private grant funding.

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The brutal assault on American science by the Trump administration is such an incredible self-own. Our entire country suffers across various domains as we lose out on invaluable cutting-edge research. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Current NIH funding slump represents: - Research labs closing - PhD students abandoning their dreams. - Trial participants left to their own devices mid study. - A halt to scientific progress and innovation for cancer, chronic and infectious diseases. - Minority health research terminated. Etc.

Graph showing how much competitive federal research funding has slowed under current administration

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Venezuelan immigrants use their bodies to spell out an SOS distress signal from the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anton, Texas. SOS, people. SAVE OUR SOULS.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

NIH training and career development funding... 3/n

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

NEW: An NIH policy coming in the next week will target — and at least temporarily stop — funding outside the US, threatening thousands of projects and collaborations on topics like infectious diseases and cancer. Some NIH staff have already been told to hold all subaward funds for foreign labs.

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Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy

Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

“However bad everyone on the outside thinks it is, it is a million times worse. They’re dismantling and destroying everything.” Read, share, respond. Call your representatives. The health and well-being of Americans & America's innovation economy are at stake. www.science.org/content/arti...

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NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’

After just 100 days, agency scientists say U.S. health institutes are demoralized and have lost essential staff and funding

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AF the Virologist @afthescientist.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Another thing i am adding in my message to my representatives. It’s important that we share our displeasure, disgust, and anger about the dismantling of our sciences. These actions can and likely will lead to more people dying. Good 🧵 explaining the importance:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A 50% cut to science funding (which is close to what Trump is proposing for NIH) would result in huge negative long-term economic outcomes: *7.6% cut in GDP *8.6% cut in federal revenues *equivalents of making the average American $10,000 poorer

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/04/2025

Funding science is an investment for ALL Americans! 📉 Researchers at American University's Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis found that a 50% reduction of federal science funding would make Americans $10k poorer. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

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Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)

Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.

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Reina Kiefer, Ph.D. (she/her) @reina-kiefer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

A special thank you to Tarana Burke, Emma Sulkowicz, Annie E. Clark, Andrea Pino, & Chanel Miller. You paved the way for survivor-activists like me to share their stories publicly. My rape is the story of a privileged man’s shameful actions; I have nothing to hide. I will never be silenced again.

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Lucy W. Naughton (she/her) @lucywnaughton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This moment from ISTSS last fall deserves its own post. Presenting my honors thesis with my new mentor Prachi Bhuptani as 2nd author felt so surreal, as it was reading her work on victim blame and shame that had originally inspired the project! Always so grateful to be literally living my dream.

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Lucy W. Naughton (she/her) @lucywnaughton.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Hello academic Bluesky! I’m a clinical research assistant working with Dr. Lindsay Orchowski & Dr. Prachi Bhuptani in the Violence Prevention Lab at Brown University Health. As an introduction, here are some favorite memories — my first conference ever & EPA this spring with my fellow RAs :)

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