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So... A friend was supposed to give a PURELY SCIENTIFIC talk at NIH within the next couple of weeks and it was cancelled because of a "new process" where all speakers/talks have to be CLEARED BY A POLITICAL APPOINTEE.

Trump’s addiction initiative brings bold rhetoric but few details The White House unveiled a new effort to streamline the country’s response to its drug and alcohol epidemic. But the announcement was light on details.

The White House unveiled a new effort to streamline the country’s response to its drug and alcohol epidemic. But the announcement was light on details. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/n...

This is going to have devastating consequences: people around the country are waking up to find out they no longer have a job, small organizations that provide MH/SUD services will shutter their doors & communities will no longer have these resources to help individuals w/MH/SUD. #StopODdeaths

Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.

SAMHSA IMMEDIATELY TERMINATED $2B IN FUNDING: impacting ATTCs, PTTCs & ORN. This is going to have immediate devastating impact & will cripple communities ability to deliver state-of-the-art services for patients with MH & SUDs. #AODtxWorks #SaveAddictionFunding #ASDN

www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

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.

Bernie Sander's summary of the impact on science. #SavetheNIH

NIH Post-Mortem by a Former NIH Insider: It’s Worse Than You Think [Anonymized] The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, is under unprecedented assault, not just…

Anonymous former NIH employee confirms that the administration is ignoring court injunctions & traumatic working environment for NIH staff. #SavetheNIH #AddictionScience

The Statement of Concern has been signed by 29 organizations/professional associations & 437 individuals. There is still time to sign & get their newsletter. Scientists need to stand united. #SavetheNIH #NIDAFunding #AddictionScience

Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.

Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.

HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.

99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.

Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.

Gov. Tim Walz State Address: "We have university students shoved into unmarked vans and fathers being tossed into Salvadorian gulags without a hint of due process. If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege."

I couldn’t even log in.

Addiction Science Defense Network | npsc The ASDN is an information exchange and action network for individuals and organizations devoted to studying, treating and preventing problems caused by psychoactive substance use, including alcohol, ...

🚨ADDICTION SCIENTISTS🚨
The Addiction Science Defense Network has developed a nonpartisan Statement of Concern -- click on link to read & consider signing. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY. www.npscoalition.org/projects/add... #AddictionScience #SavetheNIH #AODTxWorks

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.

DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.

All NIH payments are on hold www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump budget draft proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cut Draft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation

STAT article out about the passback budget and the NIH organization and proposed budget cuts.

www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...

The NYT released the fed govt ltr to Harvard & Harvard's response, READ them. Harvard's response states: "The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government."

NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million

The NIH just froze ALL grant funding owed to Columbia University, meaning that the university's concessions to the Trump administration clearly didn't go far enough to satisfy the federal government.

We are thankful for our funding support from NIDA! #NIDAScience

I am honored to serve on the Friends of NIDA (FON) Board of Directors - a non-profit org working w/individuals & professional assoc to improve health for pts with drug misuse/SUDs & support NIDA's research funding. FON is a membership org & lots of policy resources for folks. #NIDA #AddictionScience

MIT offering travel advice (or rather do not travel advice) for international visitors and green card holders.

If folks at other institutions are receiving similar guidance, please consider sharing here.

Please be as safe as you can.

Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health A merit-based and competitive process will be politicized - or eliminated

New, from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
NIH grants are being screened for forbidden words.
Breakthrough techniques (like mRNA) are now off the table.
Do you want scientific funding awards to be determined by political appointees or scientists?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...

Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.

The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects

Add R25s to that list.

Our NIH funding got straight up cancelled today for the two R25s that my team runs at Columbia for post-bacs and high-school students.

I fear for our young scholars, who love learning about the brain and now are losing opportunities to be tomorrow's neuroscientists. 🧪

Great job in Philly!

So much ❤️❤️

Yes!

Awesome!

Pittsburgh is in the house!

Awesome! The scientific community is showing up for #StandUpforScience

This is so awesome! In the US, we are putting the last minute edits to our speeches, layering up for the cold weather, & ready to #StandUpforScience #ScientistsUnite