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NIH is proposing a cap on the number of research project grants per principle investigator. This is in addition to the 6 apps per calendar year cap imposed by NOT-OD-25-132.
Public comments must be in by Aug 3. Let's go.
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Bullies don't go after weak people. Weak people have already submitted & perform whatever the bully wants.
Bullies go after strong people because they see them as a threat to their own misdeeds. They are weak and always make mistakes in judgement. Its the hubris. 😉
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NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information: Proposal to Cap the Number of Simultaneous Research Project Grants per Principal Investigator ...
Evidently HHS provided comment after this went to press. Here’s that comment in case you read the article earlier.
Bhattacharya believes “the most productive path forward is through direct dialogue”
Yet he avoids that dialogue at every turn. 🧵
This is integrity in leadership.
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“Who would benefit from the proposed [OMB] rules? For one, politically connected industries — including those that may want to obscure scientific links between their products and harmful health effects.”
Good op-ed in @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
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I need a break from blocking b0ts. Please read my posts further down the page on why there are so many. Its always a good time to start vetting, even if you didn't before. I want to follow real people.
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As online support for the experts spreads, ADA members have resigned from their positions
It’s the Bethesda Declaration’s birthday — to mark the occasion, 73 NIHers have a report outlining ongoing concerns, which have become “more insidious and systematized, but no less harmful” as @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put it
www.statnews.com/2026/06/09/n...
“In March 2025, funding was cut by USDA for animal disease control and prevention, including…New World Screwworm…from several agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). That funding supported more than 180 outbreak investigations and responses in 22 countries…”
In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored" their concerns
%%excerpt%% Another import ban of live cattle from Mexico has been announced after USDA cut funding for animal disease prevention and control including the New World Screwworm.
What can scientists do? They can talk to the public (like family, friends, and neighbors) about their research and why it’s important. They can, as citizens, participate in resistance communities. Oh, and there have to be troublemakers.
David Cassatt, PhD
If you are a member of the scientific community wondering how to meet this moment, check out this excellent discussion between @holdenthorp.bsky.social and @timothysnyder.bsky.social.
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