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wennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 23d

Aanthropologists are facing unprecedented obstacles. Join Danilyn Rutherford, the President of Wenner-Gren, along with Foundation Anthropologists Dr. Brendane Tynes and Michael Muse, for a discussion of how Wenner-Gren is responding. wennergren.org/workshop/pro...

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 23d

"We are so very late that many students will not be able to apply this year."

My latest story—about frustration over delays for NSF's graduate research fellowship program. #NSFGRFP #GradSchool @science.org

www.science.org/content/arti...

Delays, uncertainty plague NSF fellowship for graduate students

After an unusual award process this year, applicants for next year are waiting for overdue guidelines

www.science.org

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Jul 21

We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.

Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience

Science and Democracy Under Siege

Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

www.ucs.org

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · Jun 2

this June, we support the many incredible scientists & colleagues in our community @bioanth.org - who identify as two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, non-binary, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, pansexual & more - and the science you do! 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #Pride #Pride2025

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · Jun 2

🧪 the new proposed budget cuts to NSF - and other federally-funded orgs including NIH, NASA, NOAA, USGS - show that the future of scientific research #WithoutNSF in the US is in peril

it is more important than ever to contact your representatives to #SaveNSF

Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · May 12

75 years after its founding, NSF is now in peril - #WithoutNSF, we might not have the knowledge, innovations, and societal benefits we do today, just a few of which are listed in this thread

#SaveNSF so that US & international scientists working in the US can continue this important work

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 10

HAPPY 75th, NSF!

We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.

Read on 🧵(1/11):

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Claudia Astorino @claudistics.bsky.social · May 31

*NO* scholarships or fellowships planned for 2025 & only a few planned for 2026

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ☎️ 🧪

Milton Tan @mtanichthys.bsky.social · May 30

Postdoc fellowships also specifically listed.

Table from page 28 of NSF budget request

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · May 31

How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)

NSF, NASA and NIH budgets per year, inflation adjusted from 2000-2025 along with the proposed cuts. NSF includes research component only. Massive cuts across all sectors, well below support spanning 25 years.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

From over 300k to less than 100k. A picture of smaller, reduced science.

Estimates for # of people involved in NSF activities

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 30

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Jun 1

Here's pack two: go.bsky.app/Cw9bRYZ

And here is pack three: bsky.app/starter-pack...

Pass it on!

#Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · Jun 1

Well, it being #Pride month and all, let's kick things off with a couple of starter packs I haven't shared in a while ...

The awesome folks at @prideinstem.bsky.social have made it super easy for you to queerify your TL, by following the good folks in these three starter packs:

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · May 9

A fact sheet about what NSF is and what it does:

nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Factsh...

nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov

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Caitlin S., PhD @paleophile.bsky.social · May 9

Here are #NSF education and advocacy talking points.

#SaveNSF

(Shared with permission - CC0; no attribution required)

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · May 12

75 years after its founding, NSF is now in peril - #WithoutNSF, we might not have the knowledge, innovations, and societal benefits we do today, just a few of which are listed in this thread

#SaveNSF so that US & international scientists working in the US can continue this important work

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 10

HAPPY 75th, NSF!

We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.

Read on 🧵(1/11):

A chocolate cake with red and white decorations and lit candles shaped as the number 75. Bold text reads: ‘The NSF Turns 75 Today. What has it done over the past 7 decades?’ The background is a celebratory red with a spray-paint texture.

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anthrofuentes.bsky.social @anthrofuentes.bsky.social · May 9

Every human body, and life, is a blend of biological and cultural processes and nowhere is that more evident than sex biology and the human experience. That blend is what “Sex is a Spectrum: the biological limits of the binary” @princetonupress.bsky.social is ultimately about.

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oSTEM, Inc @ostem.org · May 12

Thanks to our seven 2025 scholarship partners! Spotlight: Veralto!
Veralto develops technology for water quality protection and product safety throughout the supply chain. They champions diverse teams to drive innovation and better serve global customers.
Apply at ostem.awardspring.com today!

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · May 12

our trans and non-binary colleagues are an important part of our scientific community and global communities - we support this important @bioanth.org statement by Archer, @zacharydubois.bsky.social, Kralick, and Smith

AABA Statement in Support of Trans Lives - AABA

The American Association of Biological Anthropologists, the American Association of Anthropological Genetics, the Dental Anthropology Association, the Paleopathology Association, The PaleoAnthropology...

bioanth.org

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · May 9

🧪 #WithoutNSF scientists cannot do the important research that is critical for understanding our world and help communities and ecosystems thrive globally #SupportNSF #SaveNSF

Science Magazine @science.org · May 8

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · May 5

the authors of this statement include @anthrofuentes.bsky.social, Rebecca Ackermann, @sathreya.bsky.social, Deborah Bolnick, @tinalasisi.bsky.social, Sang-Hee Lee, @thehoodbiologist.bsky.social, and @robingnelson.bsky.social 🧪

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · May 5

research by biological anthropologists has demonstrated that race is not supported as a biological reality; instead, race is socially constructed

we support and affirm the @bioanth.org Statement on Race & Racism (@anthrofuentes.bsky.social et al., 2019), which is freely accessible 🧪

AAPA Statement on Race and Racism

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) @aimbe-official.bsky.social · May 5

🚨 AIMBE is calling on the biomedical research community to take a minute to send our 3 new advocacy letters urging Congress to:

1. Protect the STEM Training Pipeline (e.g., NIH MOSAIC, T32s, MARC, etc.)

2. Oppose Indirect Cost Caps

3. Support Research Funding in FY2026

aimbe.org/advocate/wri...

A screen capture of the AIMBE advocacy webpage with 3 advocacy letters outlined in red boxes: STEM Training Pipeline, NIH & NSF Indirect Cost Caps, and FY26 Funding.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · May 1

Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

www.nature.com

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · May 2

Here's some background on what overhead is, what this change does, and why it will be devastating for research universities.

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

grants.nih.gov

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 2

NEW: Starting May 5, NSF will implement an across-the-board 15% indirect cost rate (mirroring policies at DOE, NIH)

Also, NSF staff expect 341 additional terminations today, bringing the total number of terminations to ~1,380.

Effective May 5, 2025, NSF will apply a standard indirect cost rate not to exceed 15% to all
grants and cooperative agreements awarded to IHEs for which indirect costs are allowable.1 The
awardee is authorized to determine the appropriate rate up to this limit.

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Queer BioAnth @queerbioanth.bsky.social · Apr 9

hello, world! 🐒🧬🦴 we're the unofficial Bluesky account for the @bioanth.org #AABA Committe on Diversity's subcommittee for LGBTQQIAA biological anthropologists

we are science advocates 🧪 please follow us for research & news supporting science, esp as pertains to biological anthropology

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