Reposted by Scott DelaneyPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026America.gov launched today--a DOGE initiative to use AI to deliver public services. Child lying facedown on a frozen lake as the image accompanying the question: "How can I invest in my child's future" is just incredible. Way to go AI 952518669
Reposted by Scott DelaneySenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21/09/2026Breast cancer patients shouldn’t be denied hope of a new lifesaving treatment because Russ Vought thinks women’s health research is woke. I will fight this plan tooth and nail.nytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. GrantsFederal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 411171343
Reposted by Scott DelaneyStates United Democracy Center @statesunited.org · 18/09/2026🚨 Funding disruptions are harming farmers, doctors, children, teachers, police officers, disaster relief workers, and millions of other Americans across all 50 states trying to make ends meet. This is NOT business as usual. www.lostfunds.org lostfunds.orgLost Funds -- $177 Billion GoneTrack the Trump administration's federal funding disruptions state by state -- what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court. 047
Reposted by Scott DelaneyPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Note the “people who believe” they were harmed. That is not scientific research devoted to actually efficacy and safety. For every dollar wasted we’re limiting actual innovations that will cure cancer and other diseases 11421104
Reposted by Scott DelaneyJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lots of stories across Pennsylvania about NIH grant terminations at Pitt and Penn. This is why speaking out matters. Even Congress critters who generally support the administration get pressured into actually supporting their constituents. www.wesanews.org/health-scien...wesanews.orgMcCormick, Fetterman question termination of more than 100 health research grantsPennsylvania’s senators are demanding information about more than 150 health research grants canceled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this summer. 515160
Reposted by Scott Delaneyanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The House is matching the Senate in temporarily blocking the OMB rewrite of the Uniform Guidance that would politicize grants (Vought said he doesn’t plan to implement the policy until December, so a ban until Dec. 11 does little to delay his plans): www.statnews.com/2026/09/01/s...statnews.comHouse votes to temporarily block Trump plan to politicize federal grantsThe House voted to pass a stopgap funding bill that, for now, blocks a White House proposal to give political appointees more control over research grants. 077
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026@grantwitness.org now has an official Bluesky account! Give us a follow for up-to-date analyses on all things science grantmaking ⤵️ 0122
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Check out our new @grantwitness.org website! 18 months ago, we launched as a humble Google Sheet listing 8 terminated NIH grants. Today, we’ve launched a new site tracking tens of thousands of grants and new awards at several different agencies. THANK YOU to everyone who's made this possible! 🧵grantwitness.orgGrant WitnessAn independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States. 24530
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 22/08/2026Every other country's families & govts invest to feed, nurture, & educate their kids for 18 years. Then, we pick the best and brightest for free & we run them thru an intense acculturation & eval process. Then, we pick the best & brightest of those to work & tax. Amazing deal. Being wrecked. 521050
Reposted by Scott DelaneyMonzo (Dirtbag Leftist) @nequalone.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Not sure if anyone caught this ... Trump administration cancels $15 million in Alzheimer's research grants #MedSky #ScienceSky #AcademicSky #PhdSky @altnih4science.bsky.social @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info @scott-delaney.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAlzheimer’s research is latest casualty in Trump administration war against ‘DEI’Grant cancellations at leading research institutions appear to target study of impacts of racism on brain health 22824
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026OMB is already asking federal agencies to implement it's harmful federal grantmaking rule. We have until 24 August to submit comments. Read more and take action today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/hnvotzeb 014
Reposted by Scott DelaneyMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The US is bleeding STEM talent Other countries are beneficiaries www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/b...nytimes.comAs China Hunts for Scientific Talent, the US Makes It Easier (Gift Article)Young researchers have long come to the U.S. for academic training, but a combination of Chinese money and U.S. restrictions is shifting the balance. 24625
Reposted by Scott DelaneyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level. 17962972421
Reposted by Scott Delaney27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Amongst a number of ICs, we found that many experienced substantially higher declines in success rates than average, including NIMHD (-77%), NCCIH (-53%), NHGRI (-50%), NINR (-47%), NIMH (-47%), NLM (-46%), and NEI (-40%) 157
Reposted by Scott Delaney27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 08/08/2026New substack with analysis of disparities in success rates at NIH. We look at inequality across institutes, race, and more. Big takeaways … 187
Reposted by Scott DelaneyDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026White House science policy captured headlines this week, with the announcement of awards for its flagship AI program, Congressional hearings, and a Vannevar Bush-esque report "Science: A New Golden Age." We fashioned the news into one big story—incl. key updates at NSF. Reported w/ Kaia Glickman:nature.comWhite House rolls out AI funding — and signals a new era for US scienceChief US science adviser calls for a shakeup in funding while handing out grants to accelerate research with AI. 24325
Reposted by Scott DelaneySara Reardon @sarareardon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026🚨Breaking🚨: NIH is terminating health disparities research grants again. This time, they may successfully avoid legal challenges by giving specific reasons for their decisions. One grant so far, more to come. Exclusive @science.org by me and @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNIH is again terminating grants that the Trump administration dislikesWith cancellation of health disparities project, agency may be testing new way to legally kill politically sensitive grants 28361
Reposted by Scott DelaneyGretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A devastating but lesser known part of federal science attacks is on the federal science advisory system. In a new post, I discuss the state of play on federal advisory committees and how the scientific community is pushing back through independent science efforts. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol... 27229
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Berg Curves in the wild! These funding curves--first created by @jeremymberg.bsky.social last year--continue to be one of the more impactful pages on Grant Witness' webpage. Hard to argue that NIH is healthy when the facts are so stark and staring at you in the face. 14118
Reposted by Scott DelaneyNoam Ross @noamross.net · 22/07/2026The complete list of terminations so far, as well as grants with slow-rolled renewals, and the halt of new funding at grant-witness.us/ahrq-data.html As always, we need your help to report this information! Submit info on NIH or AHRQ terminations at: grant-witness.us/submit-nih-a... 🧪 #AHRQ #NIH 076
Reposted by Scott DelaneyNoam Ross @noamross.net · 22/07/2026This continues the administration's war on DEI. AHRQ is required by Congress to study health delivery to minorities, women, children, and low-income and elderly populations. Exactly these grants are being killed. The best predictor of termination is having "equity" in a title or abstract. 🧪 #AHRQ 157
Reposted by Scott DelaneyNoam Ross @noamross.net · 22/07/2026For these grant recipients, terminations came after months - in some cases over a year - of silence. #AHRQ simply failed to renew annual budgets and left researchers hanging. Some are still waiting. Now years of research in healthcare effectiveness are cut off. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... 🧪 132
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 22/07/2026AHRQ exists to find ways to deliver better, lower cost healthcare. Trump’s gutting it. Earlier today, we posted what we believe is a complete list of AHRQ terminations from last week. ⤵️ If you have more info, please submit it here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih-a...grant-witness.usGrant Witness 0139
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAlexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New CBO paper: every $1 of federal R&D returns ~$3–$4 of GDP in present value over 30 years www.nber.org/papers/w35472 27945
Reposted by Scott DelaneyScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/07/2026‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h... 28893
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 16/07/2026‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h... 28893
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026TINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can. 54937371454
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The great hall at the National Academy of Sciences. The domed ceiling reads: “To science: pilot of industry, conqueror of disease, multiplier of the harvest, explorer of the universe, revealer of nature’s laws, eternal guide to truth” 1247
Reposted by Scott DelaneyDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.nature.comNSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiativeA proposed clawback of already distributed research funds comes as the US agency’s budget is already squeezed and it struggling to clear a backlog of grant applications. 19426326
Reposted by Scott DelaneyCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 26/06/2026In a rare move, a bipartisan group of US senators passed legislation prohibiting the Trump administration from dismantling a multimillion-dollar research project studying ocean currents and climate change impacts. But many other programs crucial to understanding climate change remain at risk.buff.lyOutrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.Senators saved the Ocean Observatories Initiative from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too. 14820
Reposted by Scott DelaneyGretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This week @ucs.org launches a new interactive tool on the staggering 574 attacks on science so far under the Trump Administration. It's hard to convey the full scope and severity of what's happening but this tool helps us make sense of it and what we can all do about it: www.attacksonscience.org 34837
Reposted by Scott DelaneyCaitlin S., PhD @paleophile.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Both of these were shown in the House Science hearing today - one by @georgewhitesides.bsky.social (Dem) and one by McCormick (Rep). You can guess who showed which graph. 098
Reposted by Scott DelaneyNoam Ross @noamross.net · 23/06/2026Thousands of biomedical studies are stuck in limbo as NIH drags out renewals months after annual budgets expire. Since 2025, the rate of overdue renewals has TRIPLED. This leaves scientists unable to plan, keep staff employed, or maintain long-term research. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NIH 🧪grant-witness.usOverdue Grant Renewals at NIH and AHRQ – Grant WitnessThe government’s delays renewing in-progress research are leaving researchers in limbo. 4201138
Reposted by Scott DelaneyClimate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS 601548979
Reposted by Scott DelaneyScott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New @nberpubs: "Before the Exodus? Young Scientists and the Future of US Science" www.nber.org/papers/w3533... "The fraction likely to stay in the United States fell by 21 percentage points" 😔 16437
Reposted by Scott DelaneyDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Update: The flag on Princeton's grants was removed on June 4, around the same time NSF got this letter from Democrats on the House Science Committee, demanding details. democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do... 07945
Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 04/06/2026AHRQ is a no-brainer for anyone interested in better, cheaper healthcare. Congress agrees and has funded it accordingly, but Trump & OMB are hellbent on killing it. New AHRQ awards by fiscal year: FY24: 317 (pre-Trump) FY25: 6 FY26: 0 See more of our curves here: grant-witness.us/funding_curv... 1115
Reposted by Scott DelaneyDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Breaking: Judge Jackson blocks NSF from dismantling NCAR. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496... 5553209
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAlex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Second time this week that I’m aware of that a news story made a federal funding agency cave and restart a grant process. 062
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAdrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 28/05/2026A new proposed rule on federal grantmaking — across agencies, this is much broader than research awards — just dropped. Screenshot from page 48 public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf 44938
Reposted by Scott DelaneyNora Verlaine @noraverlaine.bsky.social · 18/05/2026American science right now is basically 10,000 of these stories, all with their own heartbreaking specificity Lost careers, lost progress, lost discoveries I feel so sad every day for all we’ve lost and continue to lose 💔 5515263
Reposted by Scott DelaneyQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium. 464334944
Reposted by Scott DelaneyThis skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 14/05/2026When the Great Defunding started in 2025, the European Union introduced a "bold" program to attract top scientists from the US, funded at the tune of about ~$500 million spread over 3-5 years. In 2024, the NIH allocated almost twice as that per week. 5504111
Reposted by Scott DelaneyMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 15/05/2026My co-authors and I surveyed international grad students and postdocs, asking them if they would have come to study in the US if they'd known about the current wave of restrictions on international students. About half said no. MIT is already down 20%, more to come. www.iza.org/publications...iza.org 05419
Reposted by Scott DelaneyMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 15/05/2026MIT has lost 500 international grad students relative to last year. Caused directly by the White House. Closing America's doors to the very best, most brilliant people on the planet is like dropping a bomb directly on America's capacity to innovate. On the prosperity of our children's future.youtube.comA message from MIT President Sally KornbluthYouTube video by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1318138
Reposted by Scott DelaneyMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”nature.comNIH staffing shortage could slash number of new grants issued this yearSome units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards. 14509323
Reposted by Scott DelaneyEos @eos.org · 14/05/2026The Division of Earth Sciences postdoc fellowship solicitation "has been archived and will not have a competition this fall,” an NSF spokesperson confirmed to Eos. eos.org/research-and...eos.orgNSF Eliminates Geoscience Postdocs - EosThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has eliminated its postdoctoral fellowship funding for Earth scientists. 31612
Reposted by Scott DelaneyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/05/2026NYU caved and ended care and they're still being hit with a grand jury subpoena. It's incredibly clear that no amount of preemptive compliance will stop this attack. You either fight or you will be destroyed by this administration. Caving will not save you. 131036216