"They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center, & now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They're taking our lanyards," Kelly said.
"It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real…America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up”
Must-read.
Everything that Vought has done to science in the past 16 months is now laid bare as a plan to “cripple science research.” Five-alarm fire and all of us must respond. Speak out, focus on Vought.
Good story from Stephanie Lee at the Chronicle of Higher Education on dealing with funding uncertainty with very highly rated grant proposals.
www.chronicle.com/article/they...
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Next Monday!!! Spread the word!
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"Instead of canceling grants en masse, as the N.I.H. did in the first year of this Trump presidency, it is now vetting them before approval with a 'computational text analysis tool' that scans for terms including 'racism,' 'gender' and 'vaccination refusal'..." 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...
AAI Immunology, we’re here! Will visit @robsorozco.bsky.social’s session later today. Who else can I say hi to?
Sad events here at #ADA26 - ADA has chosen the side of this administration - pretending it's unsafe to an invited federal speaker to hand out an editorial - over supporting its own leadership who've dedicated countless volunteer hours to the org's right to protest.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
The NIH’s spending on new medical research is significantly slower than in previous years, leaving confused scientists in the lurch.
www.chronicle.com
The opinions expressed in this editorial are the personal views of the authors (S.E. Kahn, C.A.M. Anderson, J.B. Buse, and E. Selvin) and do not represent
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And my own take on some of the key points in what OMB/Vought is trying to do here:
"If you wanted to cripple science research and were disappointed that Congress continued to fund it, this is the sort of document you would produce."
Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this:
Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff.
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