Total nondefense R&D outlays in the United States, shown here from 1962 to 2026, have dipped in recent years. Image credit: Based on data from refs. 18 and 19.

Opinion: Here’s how to revive #science in America. In PNAS Front Matter: https://ow.ly/qMAI50YCrXL

#ScienceEnterprise #ScienceFunding #patents #SciencePublishing #NIH #NSF #NASA #China #STEM #ECRs

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"Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01105-7

"For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major US science agencies…[The plan] includes a ban on using […]

🧠 Stop reacting to the headline number. The topline cuts are theater. The institute eliminations and structural changes are not.

Call your reps. Be specific. Name the institutes. Name the structural changes.

Do not let another year of relief cover another year of damage.

#NIH #NSF #SciencePolicy

Good analysis of what is proposed for #NIH, care of @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social.

1. A 20% cut in the #NIH budget

2. A 15% cap on overhead costs that help keep labs running

3. projects funded due to all grants moved to MYF.

The perfect recipe to kill research, shutter labs, reduce enrollment of grad students & kill next gen innovation.

🧪Russel Vought won’t quit.

If you're angry because you've reviewed for #NIH, then do this.

Research advocates prepare for next NIH budget fight NIH continues to feel fallout from canceled grants, layoffs and a slower pace of getting money out the door to researchers.

PSA
POTUS wants to make America health again. He wants to end cancer. He wants to usher in golden age of science.

Proposals to cut 20% of the #NIH budget to fund a war will do the opposite. Funding awards have decreased 34%. Academic researchers are feeling the instability.

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UC San Diego School of Medicine Ranked No. 4 Nationally for NIH Funding Among Public Institutions The University of California San Diego School of Medicine ranked No. 4 among public institutions and No. 14 overall nationwide for NIH funding in 2025 as reported by the Blue Ridge Institute for…

@UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social ranked No. 4 among public institutions and No. 14 overall nationwide for NIH funding in 2025 as reported by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research #BRIMR #NIH #Funding #Rankings

Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...

Trump wants $200B of our taxpayer $ to fund his war with Iran, without a plan, which bombed an all girl’s school.

He wants a 20% cut to the #NIH budget.

Screw scientists & the future of next gen innovators.

The war is way more important to this administration.
🧪 rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...

We talk a lot about the millions of dollars lost, but not enough about the next generation of scientists.

These pieces connect the data with lived experience.

Please repost & help uplift students who are fighting to stay in academia & support their communities.

#NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicSky

Jesus, how is this! A former heroine addict, with absolutely no medical or scientific training, who's gutted the #CDC and #NIH, and is an antivaxer. Only under #Trump, the most inept occupant of the White House in our history.

Progress! NIH Works to Reduce Animal Testing With $150M Investment In a significant shift toward more humane science, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is investing more than $150 million to advance research methods that more accurately replicate human biology ...

Progress! #NIH Works to Reduce Animal Testing With $150M Investment ladyfreethinker.org/progress-nih...
#USA #AnimalRights #EndAnimalTesting

One year after HHS layoffs, a department in disarray Thousands of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services were fired last spring. Their colleagues are still picking up the pieces.

One year after HHS layoffs, a department in disarray www.healthcaredive.com/news/one-yea...

#DOGE #HHS #NIH #FDA #CDC #publichealth #science

With where things are heading in current US health policies, this doesn’t feel hypothetical anymore.
#PublicHealth #Vaccines #USPol #HHS #CDC #FDA #NIH

The letter of intent for our Pre-R grant review program is due TODAY! Apply for CCTSI's Pre-R program to boost your odds of success for your #NIH #grant application.

Pre-R program info: buff.ly/JS3J4L9

@cupediatrics.bsky.social, @childrensresearch.bsky.social, @ccos-ctsa.bsky.social

Hearing from #NIH sources the peer review office (CSR) is being broken.

"They [top of CSR] want ppl with zero expertise in the review area to run review. I heard they don't want people to be "distracted by the science." (??)
It's crazy to think a person can run good review for any kind of science."

After an incredibly long wait (and much anxiety), I’m excited to share that I’ve received an NIH/ NCI K99/R00 award.

Deeply grateful to my mentors, collaborators, and labmates for their support —this is just the beginning.
#K99 #NIH #FuturePI #StructuralBiology #NCI #NMR

Tracking NIH Awards in FY 2026 The NIH has obligated just $5.8 billion of its extramural funding in FY 2026, 15% of the estimated $38 billion the agency needs to spend by Sept. 30.

New #NIH awards are running at less than half the typical pace so far in FY 2026. Our new data brief breaks down the funding gap and what the numbers mean for the research community.

A look at NIH a year in the Bhattacharya effect

@podcastjay.bsky.social is "garbagemaxxing" the #NIH.

#NIH director Jay Bhattacharya is also overseeing #CDC, which still doesn't have a director, or even a director nominee working her/his way through Senate confirmation. But "acting director" is a title he can't wear. Not sure why CDC's website lists him thus. www.statnews.com/2026/03/25/c...

NOT-OD-26-057: Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. March 2026) for Fiscal Year 2026 NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. March 2026) for Fiscal Year 2026 NOT-OD-26-057. NIH

#ICYMI On March 25, #NIH announced the publication of the updated 2026 NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS), which, effective March 17, replaces the April 2024 NIHGPS as the standard terms and conditions of current and future awards.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Yet another change that will affect the faculty we work with. #NIH #RAdminsky

I have PIs who want to serve and help us at #NIH. The incentive to do so has just dwindled further. Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya doesn't know anything about how he's treating his colleagues.

So, looks like no more continuous submission for study section members. Apparently it’s not a “substantial benefit to members”.
No feedback, just cut it. Super duper. #nih

Thank you thank you! This is pretty life-changing news and I haven't been sure how to share it...but it's time to just come out and say it!!! #NIH #TeamPlacenta #KidneyCrew

My takeaway from the #NIH #MECFS conference is the value of the NIH Center grants. Not only have I seen a lot of great research come from the Centers, they've been on-ramps for PhD candidates, post-docs and other early career investigators. Funding the Center model has inarguably expanded the field.

A randomized prospective study of neonatal hepatitis B vaccine immunogenicity in The Gambia and Papua New Guinea Protection of newborns from infection can be achieved through maternal or vaccine-induced antibodies, but the factors influencing vaccine protection (correlate of protection) and subsequent infant imm...

Study from #NIH supported @hipcproject.bsky.social compares immunogenicity of neonatal HepatitisB & BCG #vaccines given alone & in combination. @precvaccines.bsky.social is grateful to our participants & EPIC collaborators, @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social, PNG Institute of Medical Research bit.ly/4c1cu4F

🧪We advance #research and #science through expert #grant #editing and #writing
💰Our #grants consultants have experience with all major #funding bodies: #NIH #NSF #ERC

#academia #AcademicChatter #HigherEd #PhD #SciPub #PeerReview #OpenScience #AcademicSky #SciComm #ECR #NewPI

Stephen Hawking’s Warning on Contacting Aliens: A Physics Perspective on the Intelligence Trap The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a fascinating and important endeavor, but it raises significant ethical and safety concerns. In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, scientists use knowledge of physics to identify potential ...

Balancing scientific curiosity with safety, the exploration of extraterrestrial intelligence weighs Stephen Hawking’s warning against broadcasting signals, David Robson’s intelligence-trap concept, and Nathalie Cabrol’s call for an evidence-based,… #aliens #mar2026 #nih #ovni #uap #ufo #ufosky #usa

Catching up on #GreysAnatomy and am glad to see a storyline about the effects of cancelled #NIH grants on clinical trials for cancer treatment. (S22ep10)

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