Janie Simmons
Janie Simmons
@janiees.bsky.social
Human who believes in treating all humans as human beings ...as ser humanos.
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We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!

Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs

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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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love this @rokhanna.bsky.social

We need more proposals like this that co-opt the chaos

Please share off line as well !!!
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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My co-host Laura and I got together for an emergency podcast episode of @pandemia.bsky.social on what is happening around the world due to Trump’s executive orders affecting foreign aid. 🧪
Episode (mostly in German) is here and some points to come:
podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/m...
Menschen werden sterben
Podcast-Folge · Pandemia · 09.02.2025 · 55 Min.
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February 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Scoop from @kakape.bsky.social: The U.S. Department of Defense has terminated dozens of grants for social scientists studying terrorism, drug trafficking, misinformation, and other threats. www.science.org/content/arti...
Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science
Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats
www.science.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.
March 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Very sad to see more misinfo researchers lose their funding. It is far easier for bad actors to manipulate people when no one is studying the information landscape.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science
Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats
www.science.org
March 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM