Dr. Amy Burgin
@burginam.bsky.social
Aquatic Ecosystem Ecologist & Water Scientist. #AIMS PI.
I share thoughts re: #water, #climate, #scicomm, #DEI #firstgen #Biogeofeminist. Midwesterner.
RT≠endorse, opinions=many, all mine. #BLM she/her
BGC cycles: N>S>O>C>Fe>P>Si
I share thoughts re: #water, #climate, #scicomm, #DEI #firstgen #Biogeofeminist. Midwesterner.
RT≠endorse, opinions=many, all mine. #BLM she/her
BGC cycles: N>S>O>C>Fe>P>Si
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I'm recruiting via ISU's new EPSCOR Grad Training Program! If you want to write an NSF GRFP this Fall and come to ISU, let's connect. Students who get an Honorable Mention this year (or did in the last 3 years) are eligible. Program funding rates are same as GRFP!
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm recruiting via ISU's new EPSCOR Grad Training Program! If you want to write an NSF GRFP this Fall and come to ISU, let's connect. Students who get an Honorable Mention this year (or did in the last 3 years) are eligible. Program funding rates are same as GRFP!
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
Apply: etap.nsf.gov/award/8257/o...
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We love the Women Advancing River Research webinar series! Today, we’re learning about interdisciplinary collaboration to understand non-perennial streams with @margaretzimmer.bsky.social and @burginam.bsky.social.
There are even some beautiful maps for #gischat!
👩🏻🔬🌊🧪
There are even some beautiful maps for #gischat!
👩🏻🔬🌊🧪
July 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We love the Women Advancing River Research webinar series! Today, we’re learning about interdisciplinary collaboration to understand non-perennial streams with @margaretzimmer.bsky.social and @burginam.bsky.social.
There are even some beautiful maps for #gischat!
👩🏻🔬🌊🧪
There are even some beautiful maps for #gischat!
👩🏻🔬🌊🧪
Looking forward to talking non-perennial streams with MZ tomorrow! She'll do an overview of all of the great synthesis work in the NPS literature in the last ~5 years, and I'll do a deep dive on the organization of the Aquatic Intermittency effects on Microbiomes in Streams (AIMS) project! Join us!
Streams have become drier in a warming climate.
7/17, #WARR talks on
intermittent streams + collaborative science teams,
Dr. Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social
Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
7/17, #WARR talks on
intermittent streams + collaborative science teams,
Dr. Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social
Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Looking forward to talking non-perennial streams with MZ tomorrow! She'll do an overview of all of the great synthesis work in the NPS literature in the last ~5 years, and I'll do a deep dive on the organization of the Aquatic Intermittency effects on Microbiomes in Streams (AIMS) project! Join us!
Congrats to Matt & Co on being awarded an NSF EGFP Grant!
The program titled, "Training the next Generation of Biologists to Drive Basic Discovery and Build the Bioeconomy" will run at ISU for 3 years and can accept 10 students per year. If you got an Honorable Mention NSF GRFP, you're eligible!
The program titled, "Training the next Generation of Biologists to Drive Basic Discovery and Build the Bioeconomy" will run at ISU for 3 years and can accept 10 students per year. If you got an Honorable Mention NSF GRFP, you're eligible!
Exciting news from NSF today! Our proposal to host an EPSCoR Graduate Training Program at ISU in the biological sciences has been funded. Students receiving an honorable mention in the GRFP competition are eligible. We have a diverse set of faculty participating across the breadth of biology.
July 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Congrats to Matt & Co on being awarded an NSF EGFP Grant!
The program titled, "Training the next Generation of Biologists to Drive Basic Discovery and Build the Bioeconomy" will run at ISU for 3 years and can accept 10 students per year. If you got an Honorable Mention NSF GRFP, you're eligible!
The program titled, "Training the next Generation of Biologists to Drive Basic Discovery and Build the Bioeconomy" will run at ISU for 3 years and can accept 10 students per year. If you got an Honorable Mention NSF GRFP, you're eligible!
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Streams have become drier in a warming climate.
7/17, #WARR talks on
intermittent streams + collaborative science teams,
Dr. Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social
Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
7/17, #WARR talks on
intermittent streams + collaborative science teams,
Dr. Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social
Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Streams have become drier in a warming climate.
7/17, #WARR talks on
intermittent streams + collaborative science teams,
Dr. Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social
Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
7/17, #WARR talks on
intermittent streams + collaborative science teams,
Dr. Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social
Dr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
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The new leadership cancelled planned events for NSF’s 75th anniversary and tried to prevent staff from even taking a group photo to celebrate the landmark. These are the faces of the hardworking employees they’ve been treating as disposable.
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt
Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
scim.ag
May 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The new leadership cancelled planned events for NSF’s 75th anniversary and tried to prevent staff from even taking a group photo to celebrate the landmark. These are the faces of the hardworking employees they’ve been treating as disposable.
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
NSF, we appreciate you even if your own leaders don’t ❤️
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Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hey folks going to #evol2025 in Athens. The SSE #DEI committee is sponsoring a workshop on how to avoid bias in writing T&P letters. Registration is required and the workshop is open to all career stages! Please share and help spread the word @sse-evolution.bsky.social @evolmtg.bsky.social
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Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Partying like Rock Stars with Stink Floyd—the Corpse Flower that only blooms every 5-7 years! Huge line to smell the stench at Reiman Gardens. Can confirm, it smells…like a dumpster, maybe? You can check it out tomorrow (Sunday) but after that it’ll be a few years.
May 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Partying like Rock Stars with Stink Floyd—the Corpse Flower that only blooms every 5-7 years! Huge line to smell the stench at Reiman Gardens. Can confirm, it smells…like a dumpster, maybe? You can check it out tomorrow (Sunday) but after that it’ll be a few years.
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Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Racist and sexist roots in the cancellation of NSF grants under Trump:
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
Grants with female PIs canceled 2x more than men
Grants with Black PIs canceled 4x over White PIs
Grants with Hispanic PIs canceled 2x over White PIs
Grants with PIs with disabilities canceled 2x more than without
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Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
This week’s bright spot was the lovely native plant sale fundraiser by the ISU EEOB Grad Students. I got a great assortment to give my Mom for Mother’s Day, including a prairie seed packet!
May 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This week’s bright spot was the lovely native plant sale fundraiser by the ISU EEOB Grad Students. I got a great assortment to give my Mom for Mother’s Day, including a prairie seed packet!
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The U of MN reports it has lost 70 federal grants, totalling more than $22,000,000 grants that are primarily located in the biomedical, environmental, and energy and natural resources work.
May 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The U of MN reports it has lost 70 federal grants, totalling more than $22,000,000 grants that are primarily located in the biomedical, environmental, and energy and natural resources work.
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The National Science Foundation benefits the State of Iowa through funding over $74M (FY'23) in research, education, and investment in business partnerships. This equates to jobs, degrees, new knowledge, and a skilled workforce for STEM careers. Fact sheets by state: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
January 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits the State of Iowa through funding over $74M (FY'23) in research, education, and investment in business partnerships. This equates to jobs, degrees, new knowledge, and a skilled workforce for STEM careers. Fact sheets by state: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
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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
scim.ag
May 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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.
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🧪 Though a doubling of NSF's budget might seem far-fetched, that's exactly what Congress said what's needed to maintain national competitiveness in science & tech.
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
May 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🧪 Though a doubling of NSF's budget might seem far-fetched, that's exactly what Congress said what's needed to maintain national competitiveness in science & tech.
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
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FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
Meeting the Moment Together
We are returning from the AERA Annual Meeting in Denver reinvigorated and with a deep appreciation for all that scholars and higher education leaders are holding in this moment. Rapid shifts in fed...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
FYI “Spencer Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation and Kapor Foundation are providing quick turnaround grants of up to $25k for education scholars impacted by the abrupt NSF grant cancellations.” www.spencer.org/news/meeting...
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SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
Home | Savensf
www.savensf.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:03 AM
SaveNSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the NSF.
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
The mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation.
Join: www.savensf.com
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The Washington Post offers its own survey of the damage being done to the National Science Foundation. “It’s sort of cutting off the future,” said @alondra.bsky.social 3/10
wapo.st/3GBQ5Pa
wapo.st/3GBQ5Pa
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis
The $9 billion agency, which exists solely to fund researchers, projects and facilities outside its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters, is hitting reverse on its mission.
wapo.st
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The Washington Post offers its own survey of the damage being done to the National Science Foundation. “It’s sort of cutting off the future,” said @alondra.bsky.social 3/10
wapo.st/3GBQ5Pa
wapo.st/3GBQ5Pa
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I talked to Nature about the latest development at NSF, which is a five-alarm fire for American science. The scale of immediate impact is massive. We narrowly escaped this affecting @viralemergence.org for now, but will have to shut down in a few months if this stays.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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
May 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I talked to Nature about the latest development at NSF, which is a five-alarm fire for American science. The scale of immediate impact is massive. We narrowly escaped this affecting @viralemergence.org for now, but will have to shut down in a few months if this stays.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. 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
May 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A timeline of science/health-relevant news over Trump's first 100 days. Good link to bookmark. 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
#science #health #medicine
www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
#science #health #medicine
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A timeline of science/health-relevant news over Trump's first 100 days. Good link to bookmark. 🧪
www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
#science #health #medicine
www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
#science #health #medicine
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Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story.
*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.
The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.
The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Critically, Republicans have terminated ~800 NIH grants over 8 weeks. But that's only half the story.
*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.
The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
*Republicans have also cancelled nearly 1,000 NSF grants in 8 *days*.
The work continues. Report your terminated NSF grant here:
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
#WithoutNSF I wouldn’t be a scientist.
- I got in an NSF REU Program and learned about grad school.
- I did my PhD funded by 2 different NSF grants.
- As a postdoc, I was an NSF RCN participant, building my network.
- I got tenure with an NSF RAPID grant.
- I got promoted with an NSF EPSCoR grant.
- I got in an NSF REU Program and learned about grad school.
- I did my PhD funded by 2 different NSF grants.
- As a postdoc, I was an NSF RCN participant, building my network.
- I got tenure with an NSF RAPID grant.
- I got promoted with an NSF EPSCoR grant.
April 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#WithoutNSF I wouldn’t be a scientist.
- I got in an NSF REU Program and learned about grad school.
- I did my PhD funded by 2 different NSF grants.
- As a postdoc, I was an NSF RCN participant, building my network.
- I got tenure with an NSF RAPID grant.
- I got promoted with an NSF EPSCoR grant.
- I got in an NSF REU Program and learned about grad school.
- I did my PhD funded by 2 different NSF grants.
- As a postdoc, I was an NSF RCN participant, building my network.
- I got tenure with an NSF RAPID grant.
- I got promoted with an NSF EPSCoR grant.