NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime.
“I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”
Excellent summary of how Vought’s proposed rule will destroy science.
Please be ready to comment tomorrow, call Congress, tell your friends.
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to speak up, that moment is now.
I miss this guy, even tho I haven't seen much of him since i left UCSF 22 yrs ago. A true original, thinking so outside the box that boxes disappeared, kind and generous, & pioneered much of modern pain and addiction research.
www.thetransmitter.org/pain/in-memo...
"An email from NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to research-center grantees, seen by Science, requires their institutions to promise that U.S. authors of papers NIH has flagged because of foreign co-authors will not collaborate with them in the future."
I followed these instructions to comment on the new proposed (disatrous) OMB rule - super helpful!
Please take the time to write a specific, personal comment!!!
*meet the moment
Some units at the US funding giant are so understaffed, they are focusing on mandated grant renewals rather than new awards.
Indeed. NAS President says main changes science needs are design grad programs more with & for industry, run basic research, by robots/AI not grad students, & only problem with OMB proposal to eviscerate/fatally politicize science is increasing PI paperwork. Could there be deeper failure to moment?
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
If you've ever sought NIH funding, do this now www.bioniclab.org/news/request...
Max Kozlov
Over six decades, Fields mapped out the circuits of both pain and addiction.
Subject: NIH Strategic Plan RFI (NOT-OD-26-047), deadline May 16. 5 minutes of your time matters.
Colleagues,
NIH is developing its Strategic Plan for FY 2027-2031 and has issued an RFI (NOT-OD-26-0...
