Reposted by Tiffany ItoBruce Y Lee @bruceylee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026October 13 is the deadline for public comment about these changes in the NIH grant processes that I covered in @forbes.com 🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...forbes.comNIH Proposes Big Change In How Grant Applications EvaluatedThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) is proposing yet another significant change in its grant review process, moving away from numerical scores for applications. 076 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9667514 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoTierney Lorenz @tierneylorenz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Come work with us! The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is hiring an open-area tenure-track Assistant Professor in Addiction Science. Review begins Nov 6. Please share widely! Full ad + application: employment.unl.edu/postings/102... #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs #addictionscience 141 0
Reposted by Tiffany Itothe Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQyoutu.bePressure DropYouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic 211061361 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 25/09/2026These are all spectacular. You have a great eye for color. I especially love the wonky drunkard's paths because like you, I have no time for precise drunkard's paths! 110 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoSociety for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026SPSP members, assemble! 👇👇👇 013 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoMatthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“I teach a subject that is now considered ‘controversial,’” a professor in North Carolina wrote. “As a result, I have had a non-student with a gun enter my classroom to intimidate me. I have received an email death threat from a student.” lailluminator.com/2026/09/10/u...lailluminator.comUniversity faculty in the South report culture of fear, doxxing and threats • Louisiana IlluminatorA survey of higher education faculty in the South found professors are concerned about the political environment around higher education 212575 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoChloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Apply to work for Caitlin Patler and me on immigration policy research! We are looking for a post-doc and details below! Please share widely! 11914 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoLindsey Powell @lindseypowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026UCSD Psychology is hiring!! We’re seeking a new assistant professor colleague who studies high-level human cognition, broadly construed. Please share and/or apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04646apol-recruit.ucsd.eduAssistant Professor in High-level Human CognitionUniversity of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now! 09680 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Teaching Prof is not tenure track, but our teaching faculty have multi-year contracts. It is a ladder position (assistant to associate to full teaching prof). Teaching faculty have full voting rights. We have a great group of supportive teaching faculty! 2/2 010 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Job Alert! CU Boulder Psyc & Neuro Dept is hiring a Teaching Assistant Prof to teach Biological Psych and other neuroscience classes. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #PsychJob #psycjobs #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky 1/2jobs.colorado.eduAssistant Teaching Professor – Psychology and Neuroscience 161 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoBrian Wiltgen @wiltgenlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Come work with the fantastic faculty at UC Davis! Great place to live and do science 🧪 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812recruit.ucdavis.eduAssistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of BehaviorUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 03026 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Devastating (and disgusting to blame the cyclists). 040 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoLeslie Root @lesja.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Would you like to be, technically, my manager? 👀 jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...jobs.colorado.eduDirector of the Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) 183 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDanielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Job Opportunity! The Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Comparative English Literature with a focus on African American Literature, to begin in Fall 2027. networks.h-net.org/jobs/70122/w...networks.h-net.orgWellesley College - Assistant Professor of Africana Studies | H-NetThe minimum salary for Assistant Professors is $103,000.00 annually. 053 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoBlack In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Black In Neuro Week 2026 is July 27–Aug. 2. Join us for our 7th annual celebration of Black excellence in neuroscience. 📣 #BINRollCall ⏳ #BlackInTime (NEW!) 🧠 #NeuroRacism 🌍 #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora 💼 #NeuroCareers ✨ #BlackInNeuroJoy 😌 #BlackRestInNeuro #BINW26 #BlackInNeuro 02319 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Believe Women is an epistemological stance. It doesn't mean you assume that every single woman is telling the truth and women never lie. It means you understand that in the system that we exist in, there's much more risk and pain for women coming forward about abuse than there is anything to gain. 21817633 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 03/07/2026today in destroying higher ed is economic sabotage: “Economists project a 1/3drop in international STEM students will strip $240-481B from GDP research institutions employ enormous numbers of people directly, purchase locally, anchor economies” johnaubreydouglass.substack.com/p/trump-poli...johnaubreydouglass.substack.comTrump Policies Depressing Not Only Future US Graduate Student Enrollments, But Economic GrowthOn the Anniversary of the One Big Beautiful Bill we are seeing the consequences 44727 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoJason Rasgon @vectorgen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The NIH is an ENORMOUS bargain for the American people. Do folk think that private industry will do the background slog work for drug discovery for 250K direct costs? 16671176 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comRussell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify YouA proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country. 601371715 0
Reposted by Tiffany Itoelizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 24/06/20265,843 terminated NIH grants. 110 canceled announcements. Courts ordering reinstatements. Political pre-issuance review in action. My take in MedPage Today. @medpagetoday.com www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...medpagetoday.comOpinion | I Was an NIH Program Official. Here's What a Peer Reviewer Doesn’t See.The NEJM editors understand the threat of the proposed federal grant review changes 116190 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoNoam Ross @noamross.net · 19/06/2026NSF's grantmaking is miserly when compared to recent years, but when compared it to the historical record, we see it's a radical break from the long-term consensus of investing in scientific innovation. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NSF 🧪grant-witness.usThe NSF is on Track for its Worst Year in Generations – Grant WitnessThrottling of science funding is utterly unprecedented and radical when compared to the past 50 years. 211089 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoZeke Hernandez @profzeke.bsky.social · 16/05/2026*** NEW RESEARCH *** Images of ICE targeting US cities have been commonplace in since January 2025. What's the economic effect of this new immigration enforcement regime on businesses, both workplaces and retailers, in targeted areas? Thread... 🧵 15705312 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Breaking: Trump has fired the membership of the National Science Board, which is oversees NSF. I have confirmed separately with multiple now-former members of NSB.democrats-science.house.govRanking Member Lofgren Reacts to Latest Trump Scheme to Undermine Science | House Committee on Science, Space and TechnologyThe House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 581055761 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoKaren Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The "2-body problem" affects many in #AcademicSky & #PsychSciSky. Join us April 28, 2pm EDT, for an open & honest conversation with women who have navigated this reality firsthand. Jointly organized by @sparksociety.bsky.social @wicsc-trainee.bsky.social Register: tinyurl.com/yc86by7f 094 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDaryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · 04/04/2026In light of the recent announcement to disband NSF's SBE program (which includes much of what would cover basic social psychology research), EMP Lab postdoc @amormino.bsky.social put together this advocacy resource guide. Please take a look, share, and let's advocate www.paigeamormino.com/pages/9337paigeamormino.comPaige Amormino - Saving SBE starts before the bill is written.Right now, NSF SBE does not have its own separate line of funding in the FY2027 budget structure. This matters because if SBE is not specifically protected ... 3167 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I think all the things are true. The $0 White House budget is just a proposal but the staffers all got reassigned, so anticipatory obedience? 210 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Nature reporting that NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences is being dissolved. 😤 051 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Okay, NSF is for some reason under an appendix, but they do have directorate-level numbers. Cuts pretty much across the board, including zeroing out SBE? which I suppose is what would happen with a 54% cut. Also worth looking at those FY26 estimates... www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... 41813 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoEthan Baxter @ethanrockstory.bsky.social · 26/03/2026🧪👩🏽🔬👨🏽🔬🍎 Hey New England area scientists!! I encourage you to register for the SACNAS Regional Gathering that will take place @bostoncollege.bsky.social on Saturday April 11th. All students and academics are welcome! Hope to see you there!! 👇🏽 blogs.umb.edu/newenglandsa... @sacnas.bsky.social 065 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 11/03/2026If only there was a database of what degree we had awarded each student... 010 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Yeah, like the regular wage theft for the workload that exceeds 40 hours a week is not enough. 020 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 10/03/2026If only there was a way to tell what your title is, like maybe a big online database compiled by someone like an employer... 130 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoKristina Olson @olsonista.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 03229 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Sooo, this ruling says explicit racial discrimination is legal? 010 0
Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 20/02/2026No pinning that on the LBC. She's from orange county. 040 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoRep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 19/02/2026On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage. 40361952715 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoJoel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Know a promising undergrad who wants more time before applying to grad school? Pitt has a funded postbac program for students from underrepresented groups. This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social! App deadline is March 15!asgraduate.pitt.eduHot Metal Bridge Post-Bac Program | The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies | University of PittsburghThis two-semester post-baccalaureate fellowship program is designed to help talented students from groups traditionally underrepresented in their academic disciplines, including pell eligible, first g... 04347 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/ 7529011423 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoJesse Niebaum @niebaumjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!recruit.ucdavis.eduJunior Specialist- Munakata LabUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 0810 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 91147738497 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoAlexandra Rosati @alexrosati.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Considering a #psychology #PhD? University of Michigan’s (free!) online Diversity Recruitment Weekend (Mar 27–28) connects you with UM faculty & grad students. Strengthen your apps & meet with #faculty, including in the #Brain&Behavior area! Apply by Jan 28: lsa.umich.edu/psych/divers... 01214 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoHester Blum @hesterblum.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement: 21969176 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoChris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Graduate school interview season is approaching. After ~12 years of interviewing PhD and MD/PhD applicants, I’ve noticed some common interview mistakes that hold otherwise strong candidates back... #GraduateSchool #PhDLife #MDPhD #GradSchoolTips #AcademicBluesky 👇 169 0
Reposted by Tiffany ItoSoBoCo Indivisible - Southeast Boulder County ❌👑 @sobocoindivisible.bsky.social · 19/12/2025#SaveNCAR #resist protest in #Boulder #BoulderCO on Saturday December 20th, 11 am - 1 pm. Broadway and Rayleigh. Consider walking/biking/bussing/carpooling. 02214 0