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American Physical Society @apsphysics.aps.org · 17/06/2026

What would the proposed OMB rule on federal grant funding mean for the future of science? @lindsayinthehouse.bsky.social explains. Share your thoughts by submitting a public comment through our action center: go.aps.org/4vUO0ST

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/07/2025

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🥳 UPDATE (good): NSF's website now says that, effective today, it's restoring these subset of terminated NSF awards. Applies to 114 NSF awards to 45 institutions that had U of California researchers as project leaders. www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Did NSF recently reinstate previously terminated awards?

On June 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction in Case No. 25-cv-04737, requiring that NSF reinstate certain awards. NSF is required to reinstate awards to all University of California researchers, including faculty, staff, and academic appointees who are named as principal researchers, investigators, or project leaders on grant applications that were terminated by means of a form letter. As a result, 114 awards to 45 institutions are being reinstated as of June 30, 2025.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision on nationwide injunctions is one of the worst of 2025 so far. Yet, these tools still exist: 1️⃣ More class-action lawsuits 2️⃣ More plaintiffs joining 3️⃣ Faster final judgements on the merits 4️⃣ Arguments about "complete relief" 🧵 Using science funding as example...

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Sam McKagan @sam-mckagan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I am proud to work for an organization (AAPT) that is part of this awesome lawsuit: democracyforward.org/updates/coal...

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Coalition Files Suit Challenging DOGE Attacks on Congressionally-Approved STEM Programs - Democracy Forward

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

For those with despair about today's extreme proposed funding cuts for NIH, NSF, NASA, NOAA, etc... remember: CONGRESS 👏 SETS 👏 BUDGET 👏 LEVELS Today's news is simply just the President's **request**. Tell your elected representatives to REJECT this assault on science and scientific training.

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🧪 What the f is going on with NSF right now??? 🚨🚨🚨 There's been so many NSF updates within the past 48 hours that it's hard to keep track. It feels like an onslaught. It *is* an onslaught. But it's still vital to remain focused, organized, and strategic. So here's my recap of past 48 hours...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants. grant-watch.us It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon. Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.

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Grant Watch

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🚨 Attention NSF folks with terminated grants! This guide on filing appeals is for another agency (NEH), but has a lot of helpful general tips that also apply to NSF. Loved this point on *why* you should appeal. I'll add: it gets you in a head space for arguments to advance elsewhere too.

Some notes: We do not have great confidence NEH will overturn terminations based on appeals We believe it is important to appeal anyway because a) appeal signals disagreement with DOGE actions and, b) appeal highlights that grantee is following procedure even if NEH is not (more on this below).

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Mary Feeney @mkfeeney.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Shout out to all the hard working program officers and administration staff holding on at the NSF (and other federal agencies). Your work is appreciated and more meaningful with every passing day.

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals"

highlighting two lines in particular:
"Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose
"Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose

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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr. As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“ #SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth

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Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health

"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/02/2025

I have work to do but I'm distracted by watching US scientific progress & leadership being irreversibly undermined because a few unelected malcontents are penalizing researchers for following legal requirements set out by congressional orders to augment basic research with benefits to society.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/01/2025

Received this e-mail from the NSF this morning. The webpage it directs you to for submitting questions doesn’t give you any way to receive a response; when you submit a question it says “Your response has been submitted” and claims that they’ll put together a FAQ page.

MESSAGE to the NSF Pl Community,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-25-13, issued on January 27, 2025, directs all Federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of their financial assistance programs to determine programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by the recent Executive Orders. Therefore, all review panels, new awards, and all payments of funds under open awards will be paused as the agency conducts the required reviews and analysis.
NSF has created an Executive Order Implementation webpage to ensure the widest dissemination of information and updates. We will continue to communicate with you as we receive additional guidance.
All NSF grantees must comply with these Executive Orders, and any other relevant Executive Orders issued, by ceasing all non-compliant grant and award activities. Executive Orders are posted at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/.In
particular, this may include, but is not limited to conferences, trainings, workshops, considerations for staffing and participant selection, and any other grant activity that uses or promotes the use of DEIA principles and frameworks or violates Federal anti-discrimination laws. Please work with your institutional research office to assist you in complying with the Executive Orders. You can also direct your questions through the form on this NSF webpage.
Thank you for your work advancing science, engineering, technology and innovation for our nation.
Sethuraman Panchanathan
Director

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Sam McKagan @sam-mckagan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

More details about Trump's reversal of the spending freeze: The reversal was due to pressure from Republican lawmakers who didn't like the chaos. Schumer now urging Republican senators to vote against Trump’s nominee for the Office of Management and Budget, Russ Vought. thehill.com/homenews/511...

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Sam McKagan @sam-mckagan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants, according to a copy of a new memo obtained by The Washington Post, after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants

The reversal followed criticism of the sudden freeze by the White House budget office.

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Sam McKagan @sam-mckagan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Please call or write to your senators and representatives and ask them to speak up about the illegal and unconstitutional impoundment of federal funds. My representatives are Democrats, but contacting Republicans is even more important. letterstothepeopleincharge.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/i...

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illegal impoundment of federal funding

Sent this to my senators Murray and Cantwell and my congresswoman Jayapal: Dear Representative, I am physics education researcher. I conduct research on how physics teachers thinking about their te…

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Sam McKagan @sam-mckagan.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I'm hearing reports that National Science Foundation review panels were canceled this morning while "the agency is assessing the impacts of last week’s Executive Orders on our grantmaking." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... bsky.app/search?q=nsf

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