"In any other administration, when Congress appropriates money for science each year, OMB’s job is to make sure that the funds are released [...]. [Now] OMB serves as the “keeper of ‘commander’s intent,’” thereby moving power away from Congress." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Powerful piece from two former NIH staffers
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Are you an animal behavior researcher that uses federal funding for your work? Now is the time to comment on the OMB's new proposed rules about grant funding. @aibsbiology.bsky.social is coordinating a response but individual comments also highly encouraged!
www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...
This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉
Let's congratulate our WC Young Recent Graduate Award Winner, Dr. Celine Camon!
Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM 🐁 🧠
The Giardino Lab at Stanford is hiring a full-time post-bacc Research Assistant! If you know someone who is passionate about research and want to work at the intersection of stress, addiction, and sleep/wake neurobiology, have them apply here. careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/life-sc...
Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...
This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉
Let's congratulate our second New Investigator Award Winner, Dr. Nina Baumgartner!
Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM 🐁 🧠
At the NIH, political appointees exercise extensive control over scientific communication, and research on health communication is under siege.
This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉
Let's congratulate our first New Investigator Award Winner, Angarika Balakrishnan!
Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM 🐀 🧠
