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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 22d

Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

Call for Executive Committee Nominations (Deadline: October 15, 2025) - AABA

Executive Committee Positions: The Executive Committee manages the affairs of the association. The committee meets in person once a year, immediately before the Annual Meeting, and virtually […]

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 23d

📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due.
📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...

Student Presentation Awards - AABA

The AABA has long recognized the important contributions made to our discipline by students. Their work reflects the promise and future of our field. Conferring […]

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 23d

📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · 27d

📆 It's September, which means it's time to think about your abstract submission to #AABA2026 in Denver! The abstract portal will open on September 15 and close on October 15. Check out the guidelines and start planning your submission: bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · Aug 14

📣 The deadline to submit proposals for Invited Symposia at #AABA2026 is tomorrow, August 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA

Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]

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ASU Institute of Human Origins @asuiho.bsky.social · Aug 13

ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor

The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution
bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · Aug 11

📣 The AABA Executive Committee has established two new awards to recognize achievements of midcareer biological anthropologists! Nominations are due October 15. More info here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-m...

AABA Midcareer Awards - AABA

AABA Midcareer Research Award was established in 2025 to recognize significant research accomplishments advancing the field of Biological Anthropology by midcareer individuals. Nominations should high...

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · Jul 16

Have an idea for an #AABA2026 symposium? The submission portal is OPEN! Check out the guidelines and submit your proposal by August 15 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA

Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]

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NPR @npr.org · Jun 12

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 9

NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 5

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations

Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · May 9

Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.

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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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · May 6

A quick and typed-on-my-phone-riddled-with-typos thread about why I think people need to support NPR/PBS, even though they did post that one interview you didn't like:

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 2

NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%.
When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction.

Changes like this can wreak havoc on research.

MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned.
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#NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · Apr 25

Scientists in the US are looking for jobs outside the US at significantly higher rates than this time last year.

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

Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Apr 23

🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now.

Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.

Noam Ross @noamross.net · Apr 23

UPDATE: We have collected info on 434 NSF grant cancellations, which we think are most or all of the projects that received termination letters last Friday.

Team effort together with @scott-delaney.bsky.social and volunteers.

Noam Ross @noamross.net · Apr 21

🚨 NEW: Crowdsourced database of #NSF grant terminations. 🚨

We've been able to collect info on >110 cancelled grants that were cancelled on Friday. Thanks to all the researchers who reported over the holiday weekend. 🧪 airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · Apr 3

😍 So cool that the museum maintains these records!

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · Mar 19

🎊 Congratulations to the ten #AABA2025 student prize winners and honorable mentions! bioanth.org/about/studen...

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · Mar 4

Get excited for #AABA2025 in Baltimore next week! Download the AABA 2025 app and start planning your meeting www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...

AABA 2025

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American Association of Biological Anthropologists @bioanth.org · Feb 2

Donate to the AABA STUDENT AUCTION!

The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025

AABA Silent Auction Supporting Student Travel - AABA

Call for 2025 Auction Donations Dear AABA member/supporter, As co-Chairs of the AABA Auction committee we are reaching out to ask for donations for our […]

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Dr Briana Pobiner @brianapobiner.bsky.social · Dec 10

Check out this great opportunity to come work at my awesome museum supporting fellows (predocs, postdocs, etc.)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11)

Job Opening: Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11) at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

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Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · Dec 11

Wowwww! Amazing!

Kristi Lewton 🏳️‍🌈 @lewton.bsky.social · Dec 10

I would like to be added. Thanks!

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Heather F. Smith. Ph.D. @heatherfsmith.bsky.social · Dec 6

Paleo folks in the western US: The Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontology conference will be held Feb 14-16, 2025 in Mesa AZ with the Arizona Museum of Natural History: www.wavp.us/wavp-2025/
WAVP is always a fun, low-key conference, great for early career researchers. Hope to see you there!

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