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Wake Forest Center for Addiction Research @wakeforestcfar.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Join us Tuesday, April 29 from 12–1 PM for the first Bridging the Divide seminar, hosted by CFAR. Dr. Erin Barnes and PhD student Jonathon Sens will discuss immune and infectious processes in opioid use disorder. Teams link here: shorturl.at/7nRFi

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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I'd like to talk to graduate students whose trajectories have been affected by the Trump administration's research cuts, doctoral admissions being paused, or offers rescinded. If that's you, send me a DM or Signal! Same goes for scholars overseeing affected programs. #PhDSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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Regina Joice Cordy @rejoicephd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I hate that I have to even type this post but the information must be shared: F31 diversity #nih grants are being removed again from study section (after being put back in for a period of time). Just to let yall know. My student was notified yesterday. @insidehighered.com @jeremymberg.bsky.social

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cameronleroux.bsky.social @cameronleroux.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

‼️ As of today, the NIH has re-closed the F31-Diversity Fellowship (after reversing the initial closure last week) along with other funding mechanisms. This is in direct opposition to a federal judge's decision to block Trump's DEI EO earlier today ‼️

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cameronleroux.bsky.social @cameronleroux.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Unfortunately I know of at least 2 cases where F31-Diversity apps have STILL not been re-assigned to a study section. Please share to help identify other applicants in this position (reply below if that's you) so we can figure out whether the re-assignments were specific to only certain ICs etc.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks NIH indirect costs rate cap issued Friday as applied to states that sued over the act this morning. Judge Angel Kelley, a Biden appointee, ordered further briefing as well, and set a hearing on Feb 21 in the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF STATES’ EX PARTE
EMERGENCY MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
ANGEL KELLEY, D.J.
Plaintiff States’ Ex Parte Emergency Motion For Temporary Restraining Order [Dkt. 4]
is GRANTED. Defendants and their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and
successors are hereby enjoined from taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce the Rate
Change Notice (NOT-OD-25- 068) within Plaintiff States until further order is issued by this
Court. Counsel for Defendants shall file a status report with the Court within 24 hours of the
entry of this Order, and at biweekly intervals thereafter, confirming the regular disbursement and
obligation of federal financial assistance funds and reporting all steps that NIH, HHS and their
officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors have taken to comply with the
Court’s temporary restraining order.

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS, ATTORNEY
GENERAL DANA NESSEL ON BEHALF
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN, STATE OF ILLINOIS,
STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
CONNECTICUT, STATE OF
COLORADO, STATE OF DELAWARE,
STATE OF HAWAI’I, STATE OF
MAINE, STATE OF MARYLAND,
STATE OF MINNESOTA, STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, STATE OF NEW YORK,
STATE OF NEVADA, STATE OF NEW
MEXICO, STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA, STATE OF OREGON,
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF
VERMONT, STATE OF WASHINGTON,
and STATE OF WISCONSIN, plaintiffs.

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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 10/02/2025

They applied for NIH grants designated for researchers from underrepresented backgrounds. Then, their applications were pulled from review. chroni.cl/3WU4njj

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I also looked at how much each institution that got a grant would lose with this cut to NIH funding.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 08/02/2025

This is what amounts to an ILLEGAL & indiscriminate funding cut for research centers everywhere. It will mean shuttering labs across the country, layoffs in red & blue states, and derailing lifesaving research on everything from cancer to opioid addiction. We all need to speak out to save lives.

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Daniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

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Wake Forest Center for Addiction Research @wakeforestcfar.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Our next CFAR 2024 Research Round-Up post features work from the Kiraly Lab examining how microbial short-chain fatty acids regulate drug-seeking behavior and transcriptional control in a model of cocaine seeking.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If anyone has good contact information for someone connected with ACLU legal departments anywhere, please DM me. Needless to say, they seem to be overwhelmed and I have not been able to even submit anything. Thanks!

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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

If you can, I strongly recommend that you consider “holding space” 💖 I held space tonight for the neuro grad students & postdocs. I ordered pizza/soda and we talked. I didn’t have any answers. They didn’t expect me to. They just wanted to be heard & to feel that they’re not alone in their worries.

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J. David Jentsch 🏳️‍🌈 @jdavidjentsch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

To get funded on a new F now is to potentially do so even though one's application was scientifically weaker than that of someone from an underrepresented background because theirs was withdrawn due to bias. How's that for preferences?

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Science Magazine @science.org · 06/02/2025

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US

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HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education

“Inclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

ATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at jeremymberg@gmail.com. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I have learned from several sources that NIH staff tried to find out how to transfer F31-diversity applications to other program announcements for funding but were not able to do this. I don't know whether this was technical (regulations) or ideological. 1/n

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Jeff Weiner @jlweiner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The CSR comm I'm on just pulled all Diversity F grants from the current review cycle. These apps are reviewed alongside (and by the same criteria) as all other F grants. So, instead of helping these trainees, they will actually be punished by having their grant reviews delayed at least 1 cycle !?!?

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Some ppl are suggesting reviewers take a stand- if the diversity F31s can’t be reviewed this cycle then no F31s should be reviewed. I know none of us wants to slow things down after panels finally restarted, but this seems like the only fair approach to me. Wait till next cycle to consider everyone.

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