If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
Congressional Committees with Oversight of NIH
with midterms and 2027 budget percolating, now is the time to write✍️
www.congress.gov/committees
The form is short. You can submit anonymously. Even one sentence counts.
"I want NIH to fund the best science based on merit, not politics" is a valid comment.
Deadline: May 16, 2026
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Her post also includes detailed and exceptionally helpful suggestions about how to craft the most effective comment, with some detailed examples for scientists or those who support science. 🧪
Russell Vought, Director of the OMB, has issued a set of proposed changes that would dramatically alter federal grant funding. However, we can each take action to prevent these from taking effect. Here's how, a 🧵 🧪 1/n
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fis...
grants.nih.gov
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
For a clear description of what is in the new OMB grant-making regulations, see
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Call your reps
«(…) our review [of medical cannabis] shows little evidence of efficacy. There is a substantial gap between clinical use and available evidence. It is concerning that the use of these treatments could delay or replace the use of more effective therapies.» www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
A 20% budget cut atop multiyear funding-induced cuts to research and direct terminations of projects underway will further degrade American leadership in science.
This is early news & not even a proposal or appropriations - precisely the reason to speak out now.
rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
Russell Vought is going to destroy American Science
There was some evidence that cannabinoids can reduce symptoms of cannabis use disorder,
insomnia, tic or Tourette's syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder, but the quality
of this evidence was general...
www.thelancet.com
The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.
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...
Check out our new article ⬇️ We found greater adolescent cannabis frequency, potency, and cannabis use disorder severity was significantly related to an indicator of subcortical dopamine-related neurophysiology 🧠
Dr. B. Duygu Özpolat (she/her)
Joar Øveraas Halvorsen
Mary Anne Franks
Joshua Weitz
This is very disturbing. It certainly feels like the rumors that the Trump Administration is trying to destroy the NIH from within—partly by having all funding decisions made by Trump appointees—are true. This is a 5-alarm fire for biomedical science in this country.
Dr. Sarah Thomas
Sarah Ross
The chief of NIAMS, Lindsey Criswell, has told her staff that her 5-year leadership appointment had not been renewed, meaning 16 out of 27 NIH institutes and centers will be operating without a permanent director. https://scim.ag/4cr5wHI
NPP and Member in the News: Repeated teen cannabis use may disrupt dopamine-related brain development, MRI data suggest bit.ly/4xlugcI Check out the original @npp-journal.bsky.social article at bit.ly/4dY3saO
Health department declines to renew Lindsey Criswell, head of arthritis institute, to another 5-year term
