Talking optimism in #SciComm (digging deep here despite current overwhelm and deep concern over science funding and research in these challenging times). What are you optimistic about? #science #STEM #USA #SaveNIH #SaveNSF #SciTalk2026 #ScienceTalk2026

His Harvard Lab Was Thriving. Then Came the Cuts.

For nonscientists, a good explanation of why #science and #research in the U.S. needs federal (government) funding. #SaveNIH #StandUpForSciene #SaveNSF #STEM Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

#SaveNIH

The Mad King & RFKJr are appointing political cronies with no scientific background to key positions at NIH.

If you live in a blue or purple state 🙏 call your congressional reps to resist this destruction.

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Holy shit it's like #Science and #medicine work together beautifully!! Why the FUCK are we defending the #NIH!?!?
#westandwithscience #savenih #savehhs #impeachRFK #removeRFK #RFPlague #FuckTrump

Made possible by NIH funding. Want new treatments, better diagnostics, and cures for diseases? #StandUpForScience #SaveNIH #Parkinsons #Nano #BBB

*If you're calling your rep about tomorrow's #CJS bill mark-up, be sure to mention today's mark-up and tell them to #SaveNIH.*

Today (9/9) is a good day to call your rep if they are on House Approps and tell them why they should #StandUpForScience.

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Let’s be VERY CLEAR: both #RFKJr and #Vought will receive these vaccines themselves. As will #Makary, #Bhattacharya. Or least their families.

#fireRFKjr
#standupforscience
#saveNIH
#saveCDC
#savepublichealth
#publichealth

#SaveScience #ScienceMatters #SaveNIH

If you live in a red or purple state please call your congressional reps to support the increased budget the Senate Subcomitte on HELP recommended. Now is the time, PLEASE🙏

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NIH: The quiet engine of science is being dismantled And what you can do

#StandUpForScience #SaveResearch #SaveNIH #NIHRocks!

Please read this terrific piece by Katelyn Jetelina MPH,PhD and Liz Marnik PhD on what NIH does, the impact of the cuts, and action items to take now. All hands on deck!

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research

#SupremeCourtLetsUsDownAgain #SaveNIH

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The doctrine of increasing unitary power of the US President will cause epidemics and deaths throughout the US. This will affect family members of the Supreme Court sooner or later.

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#SaveNIH #StandUp

https://actionnetwork.org/events/calling-swing-districts-with-republican-representatives-to-save-scientific-research-funding-7?source=direct_link& We will be calling South Asian voters in swing districts represented by Republicans to ask them to contact their representatives about the huge funding cuts the Trump administration is proposing to the NIH and NSF. They plan to cut 38% from the NIH and 55% from the NSF and have already withheld $8 billion dollars in science funding. A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP Standupforscience.net Save scientific research funding CALLING SWING DISTRICTS THURS 21st august 6:00 pm ET online. beige background, qr code, statue of liberty, stand up for science logo. red text

🚨 SCIENCE FUNDING IS UNDER ATTACK 🚨

On Thurs, Aug 21 @ 6 PM ET, we’re calling South Asian voters in swing districts to demand their reps protect NIH + NSF funding.

📍 Online — RSVP now for the Zoom link: actionnetwork.org/events/calli...

#StandUpForScience #SaveNIH #SaveNSF #FundScience

Cancer funding through NIH has been slashed. The Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Human Services has voted for INCREASED funding of NIH next year. Michiganders and others in Purple and Red states need to be calling their elected representatives NOW to demand that they support this #SaveNIH

‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

#SaveNIH #Capito #StandUpForScience #AppropriationsSenate

Hooray for the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS etc standing up for NIH!

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PATRIOTS! The Senate’s NIH vote on 7/31 could lock in a disastrous multi-year funding policy, slashing $7B from research. It KILLS jobs in PA, AL, WV, WASTES your tax dollars, hikes healthcare costs, & lets China win in science. #SaveNIH #AmericaFirst

DeGette, Raskin, Auchincloss Introduce Resolution Recognizing U.S. Leadership in Biomedical Research WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps.

Resolution from Reps. Diana DeGette (CO-01), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Jake Auchincloss (MA-04) recognizing the importance of U.S. leadership in biomedical research and the federal government’s responsibility to protect and expand that leadership.

#SaveNIH

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A flyer promoting the Bethesda Declaration Roundtable Rally scheduled for Monday, July 21st, 4:30–6:00 PM at the NIH Visitor’s Center. The title is in large orange font on a dark blue background. Below is a photo of protestors holding a green sign that reads: “NIH FUNDING SAVES LIVES & CREATES JOBS.” To the right is a QR code labeled “RSVP,” with a small BD logo featuring a stylized dove and feather. The flyer explains that Bethesda Declaration signers will meet with the NIH Director to discuss barriers to NIH fulfilling its mission. Attendees are invited to rally in support of these signers. Roundtable Topics (listed with bullet points and in varied colors): • Termination of grants and contracts • Interruptions to global scientific collaboration • 15% cap on indirect costs • Proposed NIH budget cuts • Undermining of peer review • Firing of essential staff At the bottom are logos for Bethesda Declaration (BD), NIH Fellows United, UAW, and 27 United – United for Change. Stronger as One.

NIH scientists are sounding the alarm. Grants slashed. Staff fired. Global research blocked. Join us July 21st, 4:30–6PM at the NIH Visitor’s Center to demand accountability. Support the Bethesda Declaration. Science, jobs, and lives are on the line. #SaveNIH #BethesdaDeclaration

Want to learn more about #StandUpForScience, #SciMap, #SciPolicy & #SciComm to #SaveOurScience #SaveNIH #SaveNOAA #SaveNSF? @aaas.org @sciencetalkorg.bsky.social @sciencewriters.org @nswa.bsky.social

I was nervous to moderate this panel for @biotechnetworks.bsky.social but proud of myself afterward. #StandUpForScience #SciComm #SciPolicy #SaveNIH #SaveNSF #SciMap #STEM

Riverside shows up for 'No Kings' protest The “No Kings” events held this past Saturday, were part of a coordinated nationwide demonstration organized to oppose the Trump administration’s policies, particularly what organizers described as au...

Local public radio station KVCR interviewed me about the devastating cuts to science in the proposed federal budget. The defunding of student and postdoc fellowships is especially damaging to the future of science in the U.S. #SaveNSF #SaveNASA #SaveNOAA #SaveNIH www.kvcrnews.org/local-news/2...

This is sooooo important for Americans to really start fighting for!! #science makes for best #decision-making

I created a March for Science in 2017 to help protect Science funding. Now we're going backwards...

#SaveNIH #SaveCDC #SaveDARPA #SaveScience

Shapiro joins suit against Trump administration for slashing billions of already awarded funding • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Five words.That’s the basis on which 20 Democratic attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are contesting sweeping cuts to federal grants and aid in a new lawsuit against the Trump admini...

#SaveNIH #Resist #StandUpforScience #ScienceCuts

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Interested in supporting the brave NIHers mentioned in RFK jr.’s hearing today?

Join 29k of us - Nobel Laureates, NIHers, doctors, scientists & concerned citizens- in signing our letter of support:
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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#SaveNIH
#RFKjr

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with…

Cuts to med research
Will cause death and suffering;
unconscionable
#haiku #SaveNIH

Leave it to OG resistors @altnps.bsky.social to be out in front calling YAY for this huge freaking WIN.

Trump is reeling.

The NIH is roaring back.

Join the fight www.standupforscience.net/summer-fight... - because HERE WE COME!

#StandUpForScience
#SummerFightForScience
#SaveNIH
#HereWeCome

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💥 Science doesn’t serve politics.

It serves people.

And when we abandon it for propaganda, we don’t just lose knowledge—we lose lives.

We have to stop this. Before the next cure dies in a trash can.

#ScienceShattered
#SaveNIH
#ThisIsWhatAuthoritarianismLooksLike

#RFKResign

One small ray of light in all the awful craziness of the past several months is the amazing people I've met while trying to #SaveNIH. Proud to now call @ianlmorgan.bsky.social a friend.

I was part of a clinical trial that developed the very asthma medication that literally keeps me, my son, who also has asthma, alive. That research was funded by the @altnih4science.bsky.social #SaveNIH #investinresearch

Trump’s Columbia Cuts Start Hitting Postdocs, Professors But the full extent of the slashing is still unclear as neither the Trump administration nor Columbia has shared what grants and contracts were ended.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... (I was in grad school with Joshua Gordon--so proud of his work at the NIH & Columbia. The researchers you are reading about spent years in school & training, thousands of hours in labs doing experiments, teaching & mentoring others.) #StandUpForScience #SaveNIH