Monica M. Burdick, Ph.D.
@mmburdickishere.bsky.social
Private sector, engineering development
Temporary (?) academic hiatus
Former Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University
Temporary (?) academic hiatus
Former Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio University
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2025 K-12 STEM Showcase Volunteer Form - Formstack
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Attending #AIChEAnnual in Boston? Volunteer at the K-12 STEM Showcase on Nov 2! We need help with set-up, keynote speaker assistance, chatting with attendees, reviewing competitor K-12 outreach modules, and much more. Will I see you there?
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'Twas the night before the AIChE K-12 STEM Showcase #AIChEAnnual #ASCAnnual
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
'Twas the night before the AIChE K-12 STEM Showcase #AIChEAnnual #ASCAnnual
We're getting closer to #AIChEAnnual and volunteers are still needed Nov 2 for the K-12 STEM Showcase🧪⚗️⚛️
Details here⤵️
Details here⤵️
Attending #AIChEAnnual in Boston? Volunteer at the K-12 STEM Showcase on Nov 2! We need help with set-up, keynote speaker assistance, chatting with attendees, reviewing competitor K-12 outreach modules, and much more. Will I see you there?
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2025 K-12 STEM Showcase Volunteer Form - Formstack
aiche.formstack.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We're getting closer to #AIChEAnnual and volunteers are still needed Nov 2 for the K-12 STEM Showcase🧪⚗️⚛️
Details here⤵️
Details here⤵️
Attending #AIChEAnnual in Boston? Volunteer at the K-12 STEM Showcase on Nov 2! We need help with set-up, keynote speaker assistance, chatting with attendees, reviewing competitor K-12 outreach modules, and much more. Will I see you there?
aiche.formstack.com/forms/2025_k...
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2025 K-12 STEM Showcase Volunteer Form - Formstack
aiche.formstack.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Attending #AIChEAnnual in Boston? Volunteer at the K-12 STEM Showcase on Nov 2! We need help with set-up, keynote speaker assistance, chatting with attendees, reviewing competitor K-12 outreach modules, and much more. Will I see you there?
aiche.formstack.com/forms/2025_k...
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AIMBE has launched our new Citizen Advocate for Science Letter: takeaction.io/aimbe/scienc...
We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇
We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇
Write Your Lawmakers - AIMBE
aimbe.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
AIMBE has launched our new Citizen Advocate for Science Letter: takeaction.io/aimbe/scienc...
We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇
We ask the broader scientific community to widely share this letter (✍️ <1 minute) with friends, family, and other concerned citizens to urge their elected officials to protect biomedical research funding 👇
Reposted by Monica M. Burdick, Ph.D.
Please join the chorus of voices, including my own, in support of the talented, hardworking and dedicated scientists and staff at NIH. They serve their country by deploying their training and skills to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans 🙏 🇺🇸
June 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Please join the chorus of voices, including my own, in support of the talented, hardworking and dedicated scientists and staff at NIH. They serve their country by deploying their training and skills to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans 🙏 🇺🇸
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Which means that alumni degrees will be devalued as well.
If you went to Johns Hopkins, or Yale, and they do a deal with Trump, your degree just got MUCH less valuable.
Alumni should be on the rampage right now to prevent this.
If you went to Johns Hopkins, or Yale, and they do a deal with Trump, your degree just got MUCH less valuable.
Alumni should be on the rampage right now to prevent this.
June 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Which means that alumni degrees will be devalued as well.
If you went to Johns Hopkins, or Yale, and they do a deal with Trump, your degree just got MUCH less valuable.
Alumni should be on the rampage right now to prevent this.
If you went to Johns Hopkins, or Yale, and they do a deal with Trump, your degree just got MUCH less valuable.
Alumni should be on the rampage right now to prevent this.
Reposted by Monica M. Burdick, Ph.D.
This is what’s also going to happen to any university that strikes a deal with Trump.
We won’t be able to save any university that collaborates with or is forcibly taken over by Trump. But that university will destroy its reputation and itself. Sadly, FL’s New College is an example of that ruin.
We won’t be able to save any university that collaborates with or is forcibly taken over by Trump. But that university will destroy its reputation and itself. Sadly, FL’s New College is an example of that ruin.
"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing inside the ofcs of corp execs. At least 11 big cos. are moving work away from law firms that settled w/the Admin or are giving/intend to give more biz to firms that...refused to strike deals." Oracle, Morgan Stanley, Microsoft...
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.
www.wsj.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is what’s also going to happen to any university that strikes a deal with Trump.
We won’t be able to save any university that collaborates with or is forcibly taken over by Trump. But that university will destroy its reputation and itself. Sadly, FL’s New College is an example of that ruin.
We won’t be able to save any university that collaborates with or is forcibly taken over by Trump. But that university will destroy its reputation and itself. Sadly, FL’s New College is an example of that ruin.
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The fight for US science and universities is a political fight, the right not us has made it political, and we cannot shirk from political engagement if we want to save science.
Vance straight up admitting they are destroying American science because scientists don’t vote for his party.
May 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The fight for US science and universities is a political fight, the right not us has made it political, and we cannot shirk from political engagement if we want to save science.
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Our problem is not that our society does not sufficiently appreciate the economic return on investment in science. It is that we value education and knowledge generation only in economic terms.
May 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our problem is not that our society does not sufficiently appreciate the economic return on investment in science. It is that we value education and knowledge generation only in economic terms.
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FWIW, NIH had already silently barred Harvard and four other schools from receiving funds — and agency staff were forbidden from telling applicants and grantees about it.
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
May 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
FWIW, NIH had already silently barred Harvard and four other schools from receiving funds — and agency staff were forbidden from telling applicants and grantees about it.
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
bsky.app/profile/maxk...
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Backwards.
Harvard provides a service to the federal government that the government cannot provide itself: scientific research. Harvard has talent the government needs. So it pays Harvard to do work that helps America. (h/t @samwang.bsky.social)
The Trump admin doesn't care about America.
Harvard provides a service to the federal government that the government cannot provide itself: scientific research. Harvard has talent the government needs. So it pays Harvard to do work that helps America. (h/t @samwang.bsky.social)
The Trump admin doesn't care about America.
Harvard will no longer receive ANY federal research money, per letter to the school:
"Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the federal government, since none will be provided. Harvard will cease to be a publicly funded institution, and can instead operate as a privately-funded institution."
"Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the federal government, since none will be provided. Harvard will cease to be a publicly funded institution, and can instead operate as a privately-funded institution."
Trump Administration Disqualifies Harvard From Future Research Grants
A letter from Linda McMahon, the education secretary, said the college leaders must demonstrate more responsible management of the university before receiving additional federal grants.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Backwards.
Harvard provides a service to the federal government that the government cannot provide itself: scientific research. Harvard has talent the government needs. So it pays Harvard to do work that helps America. (h/t @samwang.bsky.social)
The Trump admin doesn't care about America.
Harvard provides a service to the federal government that the government cannot provide itself: scientific research. Harvard has talent the government needs. So it pays Harvard to do work that helps America. (h/t @samwang.bsky.social)
The Trump admin doesn't care about America.
Receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship was the pivotal moment that made me commit to completing a PhD rather than an MS. I was quite indifferent to a PhD at the time, really only wanting some more specialization to add to my chem engineering BS. #WithoutNSF my life would be very different.
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship was the pivotal moment that made me commit to completing a PhD rather than an MS. I was quite indifferent to a PhD at the time, really only wanting some more specialization to add to my chem engineering BS. #WithoutNSF my life would be very different.
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URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES.
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners.
We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
This is a super interesting thread and I love it🧋
THREAD
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
April 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is a super interesting thread and I love it🧋
This whole 🧵
🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
Research.gov :: GRFP
www.research.gov
April 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This whole 🧵
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"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique."
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"The Trump administration has terminated $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University, spurring the nation’s top spender on research and development to plan layoffs and cancel health projects, from breast-feeding support efforts in Baltimore to mosquito-net programs in Mozambique."
Couldn't make it to the #StandUpForScience rallies today (bad timing), but I was able to attend the teach-in at SUNY Geneseo today. Here's a cool pic of the door to Bailey 103/104😅 I promise I went inside!
March 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Couldn't make it to the #StandUpForScience rallies today (bad timing), but I was able to attend the teach-in at SUNY Geneseo today. Here's a cool pic of the door to Bailey 103/104😅 I promise I went inside!
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One class of NIH grants that are crucial to developing future generations of biomedical workers are
NIH training grants using the T32 mechanism.
These awards provide direct support for graduate students and/or fellows during at least part of their training periods.
1/n
NIH training grants using the T32 mechanism.
These awards provide direct support for graduate students and/or fellows during at least part of their training periods.
1/n
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One class of NIH grants that are crucial to developing future generations of biomedical workers are
NIH training grants using the T32 mechanism.
These awards provide direct support for graduate students and/or fellows during at least part of their training periods.
1/n
NIH training grants using the T32 mechanism.
These awards provide direct support for graduate students and/or fellows during at least part of their training periods.
1/n
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Thank you @jeremymberg.bsky.social for highlighting the special importance of T32s. This allowed me to launch an interdisciplinary chemistry/biology interface (CBI) graduate program at UCB in early 2000s. For the first time, due to this funding, chem PhD students were able to do rotations. 1/n
One class of NIH grants that are crucial to developing future generations of biomedical workers are
NIH training grants using the T32 mechanism.
These awards provide direct support for graduate students and/or fellows during at least part of their training periods.
1/n
NIH training grants using the T32 mechanism.
These awards provide direct support for graduate students and/or fellows during at least part of their training periods.
1/n
March 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Thank you @jeremymberg.bsky.social for highlighting the special importance of T32s. This allowed me to launch an interdisciplinary chemistry/biology interface (CBI) graduate program at UCB in early 2000s. For the first time, due to this funding, chem PhD students were able to do rotations. 1/n
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It is actually a problem that scientists keep marching for science though instead of against fascism and for humanity
I don’t remember mass action from STEM folks when Jeff Sessions attacked the NEH in 2015 and I’m still mad about it. But. That’s not gonna stop me fighting for the NIH and NSF.
I will happily subsidize STEM research every day. We NEED doctors and engineers. The issue is large scale dismissal of my field, not how we fund.
The current admin is going after medicine and science. If they take us out, too, that's fine. But it isn't the goal of slashing NSF and NIH.
The current admin is going after medicine and science. If they take us out, too, that's fine. But it isn't the goal of slashing NSF and NIH.
February 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It is actually a problem that scientists keep marching for science though instead of against fascism and for humanity
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They want to doxx faculty of color/queer faculty and anyone who teaches that we are human
leaving this here:
"The bill, known as SB 1, would also establish post-tenure reviews, ban strikes by full-time faculty, and require colleges to publish a syllabus with the instructor’s professional qualifications and contact information for every class."
www.highereddive.com/news/ohio-se...
"The bill, known as SB 1, would also establish post-tenure reviews, ban strikes by full-time faculty, and require colleges to publish a syllabus with the instructor’s professional qualifications and contact information for every class."
www.highereddive.com/news/ohio-se...
Ohio Senate passes bill to ban DEI and faculty strikes at public colleges
The legislation would also establish post-tenure reviews and require all instructors to share their contact information and syllabi publicly.
www.highereddive.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
They want to doxx faculty of color/queer faculty and anyone who teaches that we are human
I read the new NIH supplemental guidance on indirect costs. It's basically 💩 written by 🤡
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I read the new NIH supplemental guidance on indirect costs. It's basically 💩 written by 🤡
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
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.
February 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM