New: NSF is tightening its conflict of interest rules in what could be a headache for the understaffed agency. Starting in August, reviewers will no longer be able to participate in a panel with any proposals from their own institution.
My reporting for @science.org:
Researchers say changes could further burden the understaffed agency
NSF seems to have stopped making new awards last week. There have been no new awards from any directorate since Weds, June 3. Even with the slow pace of new awards this year, there's been a consistent trickle. Something stopped the flow. grant-witness.us/funding_curv... #NSF 🧪
I'm actually gonna miss Arctic fieldwork this year (normally it takes me a few years to forget about the bugs, weather, and bears) - last year was just amazing
Launched in May 2025, the U of A Big Idea Challenge brought its six winning teams back for a May 2026 showcase, to present their progress and future plans, from digital health to Mars terraforming to tree-ring science. More: tinyurl.com/2znwzr6k
Noam Ross
The report finds that factors including declines in public funding, drops in enrollment, and the growth in noninstructional costs have contributed to stagnating wages for full- and part-time faculty members, even as compensation for administrators climbs...
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University of Arizona Research
A new report captures an accelerating financial divide.
Global Glacial Rock Weathering Signature Depends on Competing Contributions From Ice Sheets and Alpine Glaciers agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
'The radiative impact of anthropogenic aerosols can't explain the response of the tropical Pacific in the models, suggesting the processes that connect regional forcing to the tropical Pacific response are important.' agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Interested in helping the University of Arizona College of Science navigate the current national research environment and grow the enterprise, helping units find new ways to work together? If so you should apply to the Associate Dean for Research position now open. arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Kevin Anchukaitis
Kevin Anchukaitis
Associate Dean, Research:Support
faculty, staff, and students across the College of Science (COS) in
research-related endeavors, including m...
Oh look, NSF is sending out job ads to list servs in at least the Earth Sciences that are looking for Trump flunkies, more or less, to serve as program directors.
This has gone out to multiple mailing lists from multiple NSF accounts.
Brandon Bishop
Historical CMIP6 tropical Pacific gradient trends are primarily a balance between responses to anthropogenic aerosols and greenhouse gases The effective radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosol...
