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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NIH: Due to the historically high # of app submissions, we will only discuss 30% of apps, not 50% in study section Also NIH: Due to the reduced # of apps we will discuss, we will only meet for one day instead of two. Makes sense......

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

‼️NIH is proposing to change NIH Peer Review outcomes. Instead of impact scores they propose 3 categories: "Most competitive" "Competitive", or "Not discussed" This RFI link will accept your comments/feedback on this proposal until 10/13/26. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-26-088: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Changes to Reporting Outcomes from NIH Peer Review NOT-OD-26-088. NIH

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The 70% of faculty who voted for this change could have already limited the number of A's in their classes to 20% if they wanted right? What if faculty viewed their class GPA as a proxy of their teaching ability, maybe they would view it differently? Grades communicate content mastery not ranking!

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

On the top of review panels, has anyone heard if the NSF GRF review panels met this year? Curious if we are on schedule, as much as that can be or way behind.

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

New NSF GRFP announcement is out. MAJOR CHANGE: Only senior UG and 1st year grad students appear to be eligible..... Why the change? Anyone know?

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Jason “Obstacle to Progress” Williams @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

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An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Has anyone else received manuscript reviews that were AI-assisted? We got our 1st one. Text raised suspicions & was "verified" by GPTzero as 90% AI. Assuming that our manuscript had to be uploaded to a system to then be reviewed raises copyright and privacy concerns. Are there any repurcussions?

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Sounds like there might be plans to award additional fellowships from the HM list down the road. Perhaps they wanted to get out the UG specific awards ASAP to allow for grad school accepts? Perhaps I am being too optimistic....

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

NSF GRFP Awards by the Year: 2021 - 2074 2022 - 2193 2023 - 2555 2024 - 2036 2025 - 1000 Again, these funding cuts will have drastic longterm effects on the scientific future of the US....... @jeremymberg.bsky.social @altnih4science.bsky.social

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.

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Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system

Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Closing the department of education will clearly be disastrous but what is not as obvious is how it will impact higher ed. Pell grants, federal loans, etc are all distributed through this organization. Without staffing, few, if any loads will be given. Universities are taking it on all fronts.

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If you found the antibiotic work I blogged about today interesting and useful, then gosh, that’s too bad. Because as it stands Elon Musk’s child army is ripping all that stuff to bits.

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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Bill Wuest @wmwuest.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

While this is bad, I am more concerned with the 4 ESI MIRA panels that are upcoming in the next two weeks. These panels will review the top junior faculty in the country, which likely result in their first major federal grant. Delaying these reviews will be even more damaging to the future.

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ChemKritzer @chemkritzer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🚨 Chemical Biology & Probes study section (formerly SBCB, one of two NIH panels that reviews chemistry #chemsky 🧪) was abruptly POSTPONED w/no specific plans for rescheduling, less than 24h before start. If this affects you call your reps & senators, talk to local news, make your voice heard 📢 👩‍🔬

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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

That fact that serious fungal infections are still treated with Amphotericin B (approved in 1958) is solid evidence here.

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Michelle Francl @michellefrancl.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I have opinions about the NIH and the Philadelphia Inquirer published them. Last July I was diagnosed with a progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disease. Writing an equation on the blackboard had become impossible, tying my shoes a challenge. 1/ 3 🧵

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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 12/02/2025

Well said @dereklowe.bsky.social. Academia produces two vital products: (1) knowledge, and (2) human capital that knows how to use it. If we can’t train enough young creative US scientists to fulfill biopharma industry needs… “I think they're being short-sighted, because fear does that to you.”

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Finally read popular.info/p/trump-main... "Between February 3, 2024, and February 10, 2024, the NIH issued 513 grant awards totaling $218,273,053. Between February 3 and February 10 this year, the NIH issued just 11 grant awards totaling $4,981,089." No wonder I didn't many responses about NoAs...

The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.

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Jeff Sperry @safechem79.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Huge loss for the chemistry community. Absolutely loved my time at UPenn. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Amos’ mentorship and the friends I made in the group

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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I’m scrolling through news a day after the Trump admin shut down coms, travel, and function from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and I don’t see any mainstream media coverage for an impact upon our society & economy that is going to be multiples of 100s of billions and science and health.

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hey, #EconSky! We are uniquely prepared to make the case that scientific research has economic impact. I'd love to get a thread going below with papers you're aware of that show the economic impact of research as a resource for journalists and to support colleagues across disciplines.

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