Philip Rubin
@philiprubin.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist, photographer, musician. Collector of: underground and small press comics and original art; guitars; graphic novels; toy robots; science fiction; pinball; Discworld stamps; and more.
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Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
Excellent 🧵 on this evening's NIH announcement of a dramatic reduction in indirect rates for research institutions, which amounts to a generational restructuring of the US research and development ecosystem. These cuts are effective immediately, not just for new grants but for existing ones.
6. The policy does not just affect funding going forward. All existing NIH grants will have their indirect rates cut to 15% as of today, the date of issuance.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
For a large university, this creates a sudden and catastrophic shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars against already budgeted funds.
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.
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is it woke to want to end cancer?
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
is it woke to want to end cancer?
I am honored to have been named as an #IEEE Life Fellow (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as of January 2025 "for contributions in speech synthesis and analysis, neuroscience, and ethics of research and technology."
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December 12, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I am honored to have been named as an #IEEE Life Fellow (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as of January 2025 "for contributions in speech synthesis and analysis, neuroscience, and ethics of research and technology."
www.ieee.org/content/dam/...
www.ieee.org/content/dam/...