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9. Active grants can be terminated whenever, on whim.
10. International scientific collaboration is prohibited.
11. Attending conferences require express approval of the federal agency.
12. Public communications & outreach is severely restricted.
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1. Abrupt grant terminations of research grants for cancer & Alzheimer's midway through the research.
2. Certain words such as "diversity", "disparities" "equity" have been "banned" from grants as they get them rejected.
3. Russel Vought deliberately slow walks $ to proposals selected for funding.
4. As a result, the agency has struggled to spend the $ and has lagged behind on doling out awards. This is in part due to staff lay offs.
Out of 27 leadership positions in each of the sub-institutes, 14 remain unfulfilled.
5. A 24% decrease in new research funded in 2025 compared to 2024.
6. The number of NOFO's (Notice of Funding Opportunities that solicit proposals) are delayed due to political interference; has decreased significantly from previous years (700 in 2024 to 17 this FY).
7. The proposed OMB financial assistance rule seeks to move decision taking power from experts to political appointees with no research experience.
Some details embedded in the OMB rule:
8. Peer review is no longer binding, undoing the post WW2 system used by other federal agencies.
A great explainer by The Korean Vegan on fraud lawsuits.
F47 insists that the 2020 election was rigged.
Fraud lawsuits are subjected to higher standard than most lawsuits. All specifics are important.
A judge cited Federal Rule 9B to throw out Trump's election lawsuit. His lawyers fired him.
One year after 300+ NIH staff signed the #BethesdaDeclaration, the #NIH has descended into hell.
Jay Bhattacharya gaslights as Russ Vought dismantles the NIH, little by little, disrupts funding, replaces valuable non-partisan expertise w/ political ideology.
Detailed 🧵
🧪 archive.today/5Yb1j
In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored" their concerns.
www.statnews.com
So, has anything changed since we sent the #BethesdaDeclaration?
🚫 Still no direct response.
🚫 Still no invite to that round table Jay Bhattacharya talked about inviting us to. (Not holding my breath, because #JayLies.)
