This piece by @markhisted.org is really good.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
'Positions of “Health Scientist Administrator”'
'Positions of branch chief or division director'
Health Scientist Administrators include #NIH program officers and scientific review officers (who run peer review). Branch chief/div. directors supervise program officers.
This could be a bloodbath. 🧪
This is a good pithy explainer by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, founder of @standupforscience.net on OMB's proposed rule that affects federal funding. It impacts cancer research, clinical trials, women’s health, climate change, how scientists disseminate information at conferences & public.🧪
The Battle over the Constitution Has Spread to American Science. I'm out in the @theatlantic.com today about the new OMB proposed rule.
It's just the longtime agenda of the the Supreme Court. US science and cancer cures now all depend on us picking up a fight with the Roberts Court.
One year ago today, 300+ NIH scientists and staff risked their livelihoods by signing the Bethesda Declaration to call out government leadership for harms to science and patients...
...today, their new report documents continuing harm to science and the American public.
www.27unihted.org/bd-home
Worth a read. Many have taken note of the growing solidarity in the science community in opposition to the OMB proposed rule. But this must be just the start.
For an example, we can look to @sekahn.bsky.social, Justin Ryder & co who spoke up at ADA and were removed for it.
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Are you a scientist or have you benefited from the fruits of research, from new treatments to new technologies? Then you have a job to do. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. Register for this meeting--then take action. @standupforscience.net
We published an article written by a number of current and former peer review workers in their personal capacities outlining the changes to peer review at the NIH over the last 18 months. It’s a great resource, and we’re grateful to the authors who wrote it! open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...
Megathread resources now compiled in a Google doc. Send it to your friends. Share with your departments and trainees. And share with non-scientists! I also have a template for non-scientist comments, because this is an all-taxpayer, all medical service user issue. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If you share the concerns of NIH staff worried about the future of NIH, based on the harms we've seen through bad policies at NIH to both the conduct science and the public as its beneficiaries, please add your name (or anonymous endorsement): actionnetwork.org/forms/suppor...
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The Trump administration’s theory of how the federal government should work is a threat to American science.
Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review, this is an overview of all the changes to NIH's peer review over the last 18 months.
Be counted as a support of the Bethesda Declaration One Year Later. If you're an NIH current or former worker and would like your name and position listed on 27 UNIHTED's website, we will add your nam...
SAVE AMERICAN SCIENCE (Please! 💜 Annika @annikabarber.bsky.social) What are the proposed changes to scientific grant review and award? Read the Federal Register directly here: Regulation for Federal...
OK FINE ILL MAKE AN INSTAGRAM REEL FOR THE LAY PUBLIC ABOUT THIS DAMN RULE!
www.instagram.com/reel/DZLgMlT...
What does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ
The strong collective response of the science community to the proposed OMB rule has demonstrated the broad unity that’s possible when we all work together. We'd do well to apply this same level of activation to the larger assaults on science and democracy. My new post: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
"And then things got worse."
The complete Schedule P/C list, folks...
This includes thousands and thousands of civil servants. To my eye, this covers more than just 15s.
Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪
What's the problem?
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
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