Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.”

OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.)

NSF at -42%!

Bear down!

I am so sorry.

NSF PDs will be @sicb.bsky.social.

Stop by booth 308 if you would like to sign up to chat with us or catch us in the conference center.

Informal workshop and Q and A session, Sunday Jan 4th from 12:15 to 1:15 in B110/111. #SICB2026.

Happy 2026 (I hope). Good bye lovely building.

It sucks but it is just a building. The agency’s foundation is the people who execute its mission on a daily basis. I am happy to have such great colleagues and this will be the case while we telework and after we move. That said I will miss my office and view from it at the end of the day.

This is what work looks like these days. Interesting days at the NSF.

Enabling Discovery Through Genomics (EDGE)

The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

The pain from the government shutdown is about to hit the public Federal officials are bracing for the worst effects of the ongoing government shutdown to collide with the U.S. economy this week as missed paychecks and the absence billions of dollars of government ...

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Artificial selection for resistance to copper and off-target physiological and behavioral effects in Drosophila melanogaster www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09....

Thank you.

You can’t make this up!

‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...

Another day testing the limits of resilience.

The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.

Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.

The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.

It’s going to be a wonderful day at the office tomorrow.

Nice to hear Bill and Sam speaking about NSF.

👋 Permanent program directors and leadership are still here because we care deeply about the science, the scientific communities we serve, and our oath to the constitution.

Had a very short layover in ORD tonight and the gate next to mine included my brother in law! So nice to see him on personal travel in Chicago for 25 minutes.

Not a great day at the office.