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This is straight-up ratfucking of biomedical research by Russell Vought, Jay Bhattacharya, Matthew Memoli and Jon Lorsch. It's despicable dirty tricks.
Abruptly switching to multiyear funding means the same annual budget gets allocated to far fewer projects, making it even harder to get grants. Congress may have shot down the drastic budget cuts proposed by the White House, but the NIH is finding other ways to award fewer grants. Fight’s not over.
Working on a NIH multiyear funding tracker...
This looks at the amount of multiyear funding (grants having a budget period 366 days or longer) for new and competitive renewal awards divided by the total amount of new and competitive renewal award funding over the same period.
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This looks at the amount of multiyear funding (grants having a budget period 366 days or longer) for new and competitive renewal awards divided by the total amount of new and competitive renewal award funding over the same period.
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March 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is straight-up ratfucking of biomedical research by Russell Vought, Jay Bhattacharya, Matthew Memoli and Jon Lorsch. It's despicable dirty tricks.
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No idea! 🤠
Whatever it is, it's concentrated in the eastern Great Lakes. The outbreak started in New York, now most of the cases are in Michigan. MN is somehow untouched.
(And it's not bc Minnesota's just missing their cases. Minnesota does not miss cases.)
www.indystar.com/story/graphi...
Whatever it is, it's concentrated in the eastern Great Lakes. The outbreak started in New York, now most of the cases are in Michigan. MN is somehow untouched.
(And it's not bc Minnesota's just missing their cases. Minnesota does not miss cases.)
www.indystar.com/story/graphi...
July 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
No idea! 🤠
Whatever it is, it's concentrated in the eastern Great Lakes. The outbreak started in New York, now most of the cases are in Michigan. MN is somehow untouched.
(And it's not bc Minnesota's just missing their cases. Minnesota does not miss cases.)
www.indystar.com/story/graphi...
Whatever it is, it's concentrated in the eastern Great Lakes. The outbreak started in New York, now most of the cases are in Michigan. MN is somehow untouched.
(And it's not bc Minnesota's just missing their cases. Minnesota does not miss cases.)
www.indystar.com/story/graphi...
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BREAKING:
New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion".
#standupforscience
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion".
#standupforscience
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
May 28, 2026 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING:
New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion".
#standupforscience
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
New proposed OMB regulation, applying to all federal grants, requiring grant reviews by senior political appointees and re-emphasizes that "peer review remains advisory and does not replace agency discretion".
#standupforscience
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf
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this truly is the thing that makes the united states exceptional, and right wingers hate it so much they want to destroy it
US universities genuinely are like “welcome to Tennessee Agricultural College in Bumfuck Nowheresville. We invented the modern potato and our facilities include a particle accelerator, nuclear reactor, and TOP500 supercomputer. Tuition is $12,000 for instate students and we have 40,000 of them”
May 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
this truly is the thing that makes the united states exceptional, and right wingers hate it so much they want to destroy it
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The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.
What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.
Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.
Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
March 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted.
What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.
Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards.
Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.
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This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is concerning.
NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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NIH is changing their policy so that staff have to prepare justification for every application that is funded BUT NO DOCUMENTATION FOR APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SKIPPED (BASED ON PERCENTILES).
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BREAKING NEWS over in Inside Medicine:
Censorship at the CDC. Again.
Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care.
Here’s what we know:
Censorship at the CDC. Again.
Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care.
Here’s what we know:
September 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
BREAKING NEWS over in Inside Medicine:
Censorship at the CDC. Again.
Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care.
Here’s what we know:
Censorship at the CDC. Again.
Two dozen websites were removed, including resources for health equity, disability, and LGBTQ+ care.
Here’s what we know:
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"I'm not on that committee" is a longstanding #medlibs joke but preferable than termination & 2 consultants when it comes to advisory feedback about MEDLINE. More about that & a Sept 25th update about a European alternative PubMed project. eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/09/medl...
MEDLINE: From Committee to Consultants
As I shared on June 16 , I've been concerned about the PubMed database of biomedical and life sciences literature this year. I didn't expli...
eagledawg.blogspot.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"I'm not on that committee" is a longstanding #medlibs joke but preferable than termination & 2 consultants when it comes to advisory feedback about MEDLINE. More about that & a Sept 25th update about a European alternative PubMed project. eagledawg.blogspot.com/2025/09/medl...
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This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
#MedLibs
#MedLibs
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
May 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
#MedLibs
#MedLibs
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Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Bluetorial: Women, courage, and leadership
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
What follows will include some generalizations based on population averages of what I have experienced over the course of my career. There are, of course, exceptions in every group who are substantially more to one extreme or the other.
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College Board deleted vids for multiple classes on AP Classroom about issues dealing with American Indians, Slavery, Racism, and sexism. For APUSH the first two videos on Slavery in the British Colonies were deleted, videos on Native American societies and Euro conquest, and Reconstruction. #edusky
March 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
College Board deleted vids for multiple classes on AP Classroom about issues dealing with American Indians, Slavery, Racism, and sexism. For APUSH the first two videos on Slavery in the British Colonies were deleted, videos on Native American societies and Euro conquest, and Reconstruction. #edusky
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If someone doesn't hire Carrie ASAP, they're almost as foolish as the people/reason she's back on the job market.
One thing I've noticed in my job search is that it's really difficult to convince people that people in the librarian profession have varied skills.
We may not have the certificate or credential or degree, but we have mad skills.
A thread 🧵
We may not have the certificate or credential or degree, but we have mad skills.
A thread 🧵
February 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If someone doesn't hire Carrie ASAP, they're almost as foolish as the people/reason she's back on the job market.