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Jeremy BOO! Yoder 🎃💀🕷️ @jbyoder.org · 15d

New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!

laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

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Science Magazine @science.org · 18d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · 28d

Took a break from all the amazing work shared at #MRFAnnualMeeting to hang out with some hard working citizens of Chicago

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ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why does #Attachment matter? The early caregiver-child bond shapes emotional health for life.

Learn how to nurture it with #ParentChildInteractionTherapy, a transdiagnostic, family-based intervention, at our upcoming webinar with Dr Larissa Niec . https://t.co/NavQR7dv2V https://t.co/KQyRqufIaR

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · Aug 15

CARE for Misophonia Day is coming up! For anyone who knows someone with #misophonia, this is a free event to learn more about the disorder and ongoing by research!

Registration is required, and you’re welcome to come and go as your schedule allows. Save the date: August 28!

Canapii

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Sheila Shanmugan @sheilashanmugan.bsky.social · Apr 28

We’re hiring a clinical research coordinator to lead a neuroimaging study on brain changes across pregnancy and perinatal depression.

wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...

Please RT.

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · May 3

Got to catch up with Kristin Jennings & Dr. Margaret Fields-Olivieri to talk about how context and activity matters when thinking about toddler cries and vocalizations! #SRCD2025

A graduate student and their advisor pose for a picture in front of a scientific poster titled “In What Activities Do Toddlers Cry?”

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · May 2

Look at Brianna Halter showing off her recent work on how parent and toddler traits play a role in emotion socialization! #SRCD2025

A graduate student is standing next to their research poster at the 2025 convention of SRCD.

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · May 1

Amazing symposium today featuring the TALK lab & @crystalthinzar.bsky.social . #SRCD2025 is off to an amazing start!

Margaret Fields-Olivieri introducing the symposium and providing some context for the talks to come.

Kaya de Barbara introducing her talk called “Real-world Classification of Caregiver Sensitivity to Infant Distress”.

Crystal Thinzar is introducing her tall “Keeping it R.E.A.L: Characterizing Naturalistic Parental Responses to Toddler Negative Emotions in Everyday Life”.

Niyantri Ravindran introducing her tall “Preschool Predictors of Maternal Responses to Children’s Negative Emotions in Naturalistic Settings”.

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Sam Melvin @sammelvin.bsky.social · May 1

At #SRCD2025 Policy Preconference, Walter Gilliam reminded us that Ed Zigler, known as the father of #HeadStart, modeled the program on how we used to treat immigrant families, including his own. This story brought me to tears as we fight for that legacy: medicine.yale.edu/news-article...

‘Father of Head Start’ and Zigler Center leader reflect on Head Start at 50

If you believe in karma — the good kind, that is — then you’ll believe it was working for Head Start pioneer Edward Zigler two years ago. He was preparing to

medicine.yale.edu

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · May 1

The UNCG TALK Lab is in Minneapolis! Stop by to hear all about toddler language and how families handle emotion socialization

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · Mar 27

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate.

#childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

Dear Developmental Colleagues,
I’m a developmental psychologist, Associate Professor (Teaching), and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. I specialize in social emotional learning, peer relationships, and children’s media.
On March 25th, a developmental psychology graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts was abducted by the United States government. Rumeysa Ozturk is a PhD student in Child Study & Human Development with a focus on prosocial development and children’s media. She is from Turkey and was studying in the USA on a student visa. Her visa was revoked when she participated in political letter writing asking Tufts University to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. This political activity made her a target.
No peaceful political activity should ever lead to unlawful detainment. The Palestinian-Israel conflict is heartbreaking. My spouse and child are Jewish, we lost an Israeli family member on October 7th, 2022. I’ve seen increases in anti-semitism on university campuses in the past two years, but I know and I acknowledge that the majority of protestors are not hateful, and they want peace and human rights.
Rumeysa Ozturk is one of us. Therefore, I am calling on leaders in Developmental Psychology to stand up for Ozturk, to pressure academic societies such as SRCD, SRA, & ISSBD to release a statement regarding her unjust abduction. We need to shine a spotlight and put international pressure on this abduction to help ensure her safety and release. Please also consider writing your political representatives. Ozturk has been relocated from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Her lawyer has lost contact with her in the past day. Our efforts can make a difference during these critical days.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hughes, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Undergraduate Program Director
University of Calgary

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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · Mar 22

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Mar 23

I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.

First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Mar 18

Substantial updates to the list of cancelled grants👇

- THANK YOU to all who have contributed. Crowdsourcing restores faith in humanity.

- It's still a work in progress. You'll see more updates shortly.

- There are multiple teams & efforts engaged in tracking & advocacy. More to come soon!

Rescinded NIH & NSF Grants

docs.google.com

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Rachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · Mar 15

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · Mar 12

Such a hard lesson that I’m still learning myself.

Reut Shachnai @reutshachnai.bsky.social · Mar 10

Overparenting can hold kids back—but our research shows that framing tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and foster kids' independence! ✨ Read more in our latest Psychology Today piece: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve...
@julia-a-leonard.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social

Overparenting Is Holding Kids Back—Here’s What to Do Instead

Overparenting can hinder kids' independence. Research shows that reframing everyday tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and let kids grow.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · Mar 11

This is insanely worrisome considering the fate of so many lives rest in the hands of researchers. This isn’t just “DEI”. This is oncology, pain management, suicide risk, and so much more. And if we don’t fall in line, our research and jobs are cut? And that’s freedom?

Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Mar 11

The ad-hoc termination of training grants, PhD fellowships, and center grants at Columbia is catastrophic and sends a message.

The WH will:
* Seek revenge at all costs
* Destroy science & higher ed, if it can
* Risk lives, careers and the economy.

Rest assured: they will not stop w/Columbia

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · Mar 11

Please add any research you know has been cancelled. We need to hold this administration accountable.

Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Mar 7

We need to organize--let’s help each other.

NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.

I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.

Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!

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Elena Tenenbaum @elenatenenbaum.bsky.social · Mar 10

Please help save Children Helping Science! This tool has been incredible for enrolling infants and children from across the country and around the world in research. Our RISE Study (sites.duke.edu/risebattery/) would not be possible without this platform (childrenhelpingscience.com)

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Mar 10

Accurate and terrifying from @chrischirp.bsky.social

christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities

I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

christinapagel.substack.com

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📣 Outside Voice @outsidevoice.bsky.social · Mar 9

We agree, kiddo.

A child at a demonstration in New York holds up a sign that says “it is time to use our OUTSIDE voices!” The photo was posted on the Women’s March instagram.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Feb 24

The wayback machine tells us how CSR used to decide who should be empaneled on a study section. I think you can see why this page was disappeared from view.
web.archive.org/web/20250118...

How Scientists Are Selected to Be Members of a Chartered Review Group | NIH Center for Scientific Review

Selection Criteria Scientists must meet general requirements, expertise requirements, and requirements specific to the given study section/scientific review group. Balancing experience and diversity w...

web.archive.org

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Caitlin Stone @caitlingstone.bsky.social · Feb 21

These are scary times.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 21

New York Times article now up on Federal Register stuff.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

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Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling (Gift Article)

Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.

www.nytimes.com

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Feb 21

If you’re in San Diego and curious about the neuroscience of human pregnancy, join me next Thursday for a talk at the Center for Perinatal Discovery @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social,invited by Dr. Ina Stelzer. Excited to share insights-come say hi!

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