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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Jul 28

this ends with a description of what YOU can do.

Please get involved now.
Everyone can take one of these actions.

you are a lab head, this affects you; if you are a student, this
threatens your future The NIH grant system was already hyper- competitive before Trump. This policy will make it brutal. Without immediate resistance from the research community, this policy will go forward with devastating consequences for
US science.
What can you do? • Contact your Congressional representatives. It is best to show up in person. Explain and tell them to oppose this forward funding mandate. Share this article if it helps! Tell them to protect NIH
funding. • For researchers: Make noise within your institution. Ask your research office what they re doing to push back. Talk to your
program officers. Demand transparency. • Tell your local press that Trump is destroying US medical research, and find
local activist groups to reach out to. • There are many engaged citizens across the country affected by cancer, or Alzheimer's, that want more information from scientists to help them advocate to
their elected officials and to the press.
Offer to talk to them, and help them do

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Rod Rahimi @rodrahimi.bsky.social · Jul 29

“The Senate Committee on Appropriations is scheduled to release its proposal for NIH’s 2026 budget later this week…The committee could include language that would prohibit the multiyear funding plan or extend the timeline for the transition.”🧪

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jul 29

New Science story about multi-year funding and it potential catastrophic consequences

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

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Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite

Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards

www.science.org

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jul 17

What a damn shame. And let's be clear: this rescissions package was merely a test. A start.

🧪 Science folks: Expect a similar bill coming soon for codifying cuts to this year's budget for NSF, NIH, etc.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 17

Breaking News: The Senate approved a White House request to cancel $9 billion for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The House is expected to pass the bill.

Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Funds for NPR and PBS Stations

The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch’s power of the purse.

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Carolyn Fredericks @carolynfredericks.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hamid Abuwarda's paper showing that we can use the functional connectome to predict focal tau binding in preclinical Alzheimer's disease is out today!
academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...

Whole-brain functional connectivity predicts regional tau PET in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

Abuwarda et al. demonstrate that whole brain functional connectivity predicts regional tau tracer binding in preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Their models

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 30

Great interview with Jenna Norton, one of the authors of the #BethesdaDeclaration about its origins and future

art19.com/shows/federa...

While you are here, sign the support letter (if you haven't already) and share this link.

act.standupforscience.net/forms/add-na...

ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff

Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.

act.standupforscience.net

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

We miss you, Ben

Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · Jul 1

#AltPride #AltGov
To close out Pride Month, we are recognizing neuroscientist Ben Barres. Beyond making seminal discoveries related to glial cell function, he was also a staunch advocate for equality in science for both women and the LGBTQIA+ community. 1/n

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ben Barres (1954–2017)

Neurobiologist who advocated for gender equality in science.

www.nature.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

Now is a good time to sign on in support of the courageous folks at EPA who stood up for all of us.

www.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat...

Support EPA Staff Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Your solidarity with the EPA heroes increases the pressure on their Administrator Lee Zeldin.

www.standupforscience.net

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jul 1

@repbarragan.bsky.social

Thank you so much for your forceful questioning (www.themirror.com/news/us-news... ) of RFK, Jr. It appears that many Alzheimer's Disease Research Center grants are now funded about months of delay.

#CallingThemOutMatters

RFK called out over Alzheimer's move in tense exchange with Congresswoman

Rep. Nanette Barragán called out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. following cuts to Alzheimer's research, but the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services wasn't aware of them

www.themirror.com

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Jul 1

It’s fine to call Collins or Murkowski.

But it is much much much much much more impactful if you can get on local TV in their states and call them to vote against. And if you can’t do that, make a social media video. Communicating to their constituents he is better than calling them.

Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Jul 1

It is certainly worth calling Collins and Murkowski to tell them to vote no now that defunding Planned Parenthood made it in over their objections

Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · Jul 1

Still gotta feed your amoebas, even if they don’t tip the vote i guess — Collins/Murkowski probably deserve a nice call, alas

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Jessica Sommerville @jessicas.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!!
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: [email protected]
RTs appreciated 💫

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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · Apr 30

Earlier today, AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh testified as a bipartisan witness before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, warning that without immediate action, the U.S. runs the risk of losing its position as a global leader in biomedical research and innovation.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Apr 25

"President Donald Trump says he wants to reduce our trade deficit. Yet he’s destroying one of our winningest exports: higher education"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

graph showing that higher ed experts are worth more than gas and coal exports combined

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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · Apr 18

🧪Trump wants to cut NIH spending by 40%. If enacted, this will drive a massive, generational brain 🧠 drain of talented scientists and physician-scientists out of the US. Congress still controls the budget (for now). Call your reps and senators: (202) 224-3121
www.statnews.com/2025/04/16/t...

Trump budget draft proposes NIH consolidation and 40% spending cut

Draft Trump budget proposes a $20 billion NIH budget cut in 2026 and a sweeping consolidation

www.statnews.com

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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Apr 24

An update to show the seismic crash in NIH funding. The left side shows NIH has issued almost no "new" awards since Trump took office. Even renewals (you receive a 5 year award, but each year they renew it), which should be mushed into the lines above it, is shockingly low.

Figures showing NIH funding over time on new and renewals grants. We've basically never seen funding this low (and by a large amount)

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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · Apr 24

As of this morning, the @aacu.org statement opposing the Trump admin's "unprecedented government overreach" has been signed by more than 400 #HigherEd leaders.

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

www.aacu.org

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.

Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

www.federalregister.gov

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 23

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM

Implementation of Schedule F

This is what a lot of us have been worried about.

This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.

BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...

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the word alert is in a purple circle

ALT: the word alert is in a purple circle

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Mike Greicius @mikegreicius.bsky.social · Apr 24

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The beginning, I presume, of the Trump Administration's attempt to force journals to accept some number of alternative-view "research" articles on topics like vaccines causing autism or IV bleach injections to treat Covid (as suggested by our president in 2021).

New England Journal of Medicine gets swept up in U.S. attorney inquiry into alleged bias

Last week, at least one scientific journal received a letter from a top U.S. attorney asking it to respond to alleged bias. Now, NEJM has received a similar inquiry as well.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 24

Updating dashboard this morning with new funding curves, the Barron's article (in Miscellaneous), and Excel files with the latest terminated grants (from the HHS TAGGS site).

Looking at the latest terminated grants list was "interesting"...

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Apr 24

Really good point. These are cuts to research into cures for cancer and Alzheimer’s.

And Trump is doing them to corrupt universities and end free speech and free thought. They want to force in conservative ideas that have lost in a free marketplace, and use cancer money to do that

Ben Verdi @benverdi.bsky.social · Apr 24

I do wish big-time media orgs would stop taking the bait of calling these cuts to "Brown" or "Harvard." These are cuts to alzheimers research, maternal health research, antiviral coronavirus innovations, not "insert school here." They are cuts to our medical future and scientific livelihood.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Apr 24

The Trump administration is "willing to not just slash and burn research that challenges their political ideology but to replace it with shoddy studies designed to support their goals, under the guise of scientific legitimacy," Katherine J. Wu writes.

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’

The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 8

More, or should I say, less pain at NIH...

Dismemberment of the Office of Pain Policy and Planning office

www.statnews.com/2025/04/08/n...

Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge

Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down.

www.statnews.com

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Miriam Goldstein @miriamgoldstein.bsky.social · Apr 8

There is a reason that private industry hires communications and government relations professionals. Want to make impactful change? Use every tool at your disposal, or partner with people/orgs who have these skills. I promise you every mid-level trade association is doing the same.

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · Apr 8

This sucks, but also means if you want coverage, contact your paper in advance of an action. Give them quotes. Send them to folks to interview.

We did this for the NOAA protests and got wall to wall coverage for a week, with frontpages, opeds, and followups.

Txnewsprincess @txnewsprincess.bsky.social · Apr 7

1) Ouch. I mean, OUCH.
2) WTF.

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Doctors for America @drsforamerica.bsky.social · Apr 8

Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records

“What we need to be doing is the opposite of what’s happening now: hiring more staff.”

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Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records - KFF Health News

The Department of Health and Human Services’ mass firings included people who fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Hea...

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Lauren Atlas @laurenatlas.bsky.social · Apr 7

We have slots for 2-3 postbacs! Get in touch if you’re interested in joining the Affective Neuroscience and Pain lab & contributing to our studies of pain, emotion, and social processing in the 🧠

Dan Handwerker @danielhandwerker.bsky.social · Apr 7

Recruitment of postbacs & postdocs in the NIH IRP has resumed. I have no additional info beyond what is publicly stated on the website. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

Text copied from website on April 7, 2025 stating "Recruitment of new postbacs has resumed. Please read program information below and use the 'Start your application' link to apply."

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