Tim Clancy
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· Feb 8
NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH
grants.nih.gov
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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The National Science Board, which oversees NSF, has published recommendations to update the foundation's merit review (which was just updated).
Below are the main points. www.nsf.gov/nsb/updates/...
Below are the main points. www.nsf.gov/nsb/updates/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The National Science Board, which oversees NSF, has published recommendations to update the foundation's merit review (which was just updated).
Below are the main points. www.nsf.gov/nsb/updates/...
Below are the main points. www.nsf.gov/nsb/updates/...
The Canadian government will provide as much as C$92 million ($66.8 million) in funding to help #quantum computing firms to scale up and remain in the country, as competition with the US in the emerging field heats up.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Canada Pushes to Retain Quantum Computing Firms as US Competition Grows
The Canadian government will provide as much as C$92 million ($66.8 million) in funding to help quantum computing firms to scale up and remain in the country, as competition with the US in the emergin...
www.bloomberg.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Canadian government will provide as much as C$92 million ($66.8 million) in funding to help #quantum computing firms to scale up and remain in the country, as competition with the US in the emerging field heats up.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I fear we really have no grasp of how civically damaging it's going to be to suddenly have an entire generation emerge whose brains have not been fundamentally shaped by regular engagement with lengthy texts.
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I fear we really have no grasp of how civically damaging it's going to be to suddenly have an entire generation emerge whose brains have not been fundamentally shaped by regular engagement with lengthy texts.
One of the problems with AI discourse is humans equate intelligence with speed.
December 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
One of the problems with AI discourse is humans equate intelligence with speed.
Quite possibly the greatest individual athletic achievement ever.
That she was able to walk again was a small miracle
That she was able to walk again was a small miracle
The queen of downhill skiing is well and truly back. At age 41, Lindsey Vonn is still faster than the rest.
Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup downhill at age 41 to start her Olympic season
The 2010 Olympic champion is targeting another gold medal at the Milan Cortina Winter Games in February.
nbcnews.to
December 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Quite possibly the greatest individual athletic achievement ever.
That she was able to walk again was a small miracle
That she was able to walk again was a small miracle
DOE outlines $320 million Genesis Mission to develop AI models for scientific discovery www.aip.org/fyi/genesis-...
Genesis Mission Starting to Take Shape
DOE has begun awarding funds for scientific AI models to support the mission, Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil testified.
www.aip.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
DOE outlines $320 million Genesis Mission to develop AI models for scientific discovery www.aip.org/fyi/genesis-...
What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science www.aip.org/fyi/what-the...
What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science
Provisions on research security, grant policies, indirect cost rates, and more are packed into the latest version of the NDAA.
www.aip.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What the NDAA Holds in Store for Science www.aip.org/fyi/what-the...
The State of Connecticut will invest $121 million statewide in quantum technology, including support for QuantumCT, a nonprofit co-led by UConn and Yale. news.yale.edu/2025/11/25/s...
State pledges $121 million for quantum technologies, New Haven tech incubator
The State of Connecticut will invest $121 million statewide in quantum technology, including support for QuantumCT, a nonprofit co-led by UConn and Yale.
news.yale.edu
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The State of Connecticut will invest $121 million statewide in quantum technology, including support for QuantumCT, a nonprofit co-led by UConn and Yale. news.yale.edu/2025/11/25/s...
The Trump administration has implemented policy changes at both the NIH and NSF that will reduce long term investments across the disciplines of scientific research. The result has been fewer grants and shortened grant duration.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Trump administration has implemented policy changes at both the NIH and NSF that will reduce long term investments across the disciplines of scientific research. The result has been fewer grants and shortened grant duration.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
China’s diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
apnews.com/article/chin...
apnews.com/article/chin...
New vaccines could transform cancer treatment. There’s just one problem. apple.news/ALMqqbi5WSUq...
Cancer Vaccines Are Coming — If We Don’t Sabotage Them — Scientific American
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy As soon as ...
apple.news
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New vaccines could transform cancer treatment. There’s just one problem. apple.news/ALMqqbi5WSUq...
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AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
The focus areas include
-- applied artificial intelligence
-- biomanufacturing
-- contested logistics technologies
-- quantum and battlefield information dominance
-- scaled directed energy
-- scaled hypersonics.
defensescoop.com/2025/11/17/d...
-- applied artificial intelligence
-- biomanufacturing
-- contested logistics technologies
-- quantum and battlefield information dominance
-- scaled directed energy
-- scaled hypersonics.
defensescoop.com/2025/11/17/d...
Pentagon pares down list of critical emerging technology areas
The Defense Department’s CTO has revised its list of critical technology areas — reducing the number of R&D priorities by more than half.
defensescoop.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The focus areas include
-- applied artificial intelligence
-- biomanufacturing
-- contested logistics technologies
-- quantum and battlefield information dominance
-- scaled directed energy
-- scaled hypersonics.
defensescoop.com/2025/11/17/d...
-- applied artificial intelligence
-- biomanufacturing
-- contested logistics technologies
-- quantum and battlefield information dominance
-- scaled directed energy
-- scaled hypersonics.
defensescoop.com/2025/11/17/d...
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I’ve been following offensive AI developments with great interest over the last year. I don’t think defenders yet appreciate how rigorously capable Agentic AI will test their attack surface. New blog with Morgan Adamski and David Ames on the topic.
www.pwc.com/us/en/servic...
www.pwc.com/us/en/servic...
www.pwc.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’ve been following offensive AI developments with great interest over the last year. I don’t think defenders yet appreciate how rigorously capable Agentic AI will test their attack surface. New blog with Morgan Adamski and David Ames on the topic.
www.pwc.com/us/en/servic...
www.pwc.com/us/en/servic...
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I have an AMA starting now on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCa...
From the SecurityCareerAdvice community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the SecurityCareerAdvice community
www.reddit.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I have an AMA starting now on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCa...
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There ARE real vulnerabilities in some of our election infrastructure, and this is absolutely a problem that we should fix (and on which significant progress has been made). But the mere existence of vulnerabilities is not evidence of fraud.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There ARE real vulnerabilities in some of our election infrastructure, and this is absolutely a problem that we should fix (and on which significant progress has been made). But the mere existence of vulnerabilities is not evidence of fraud.
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🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🚨 NASA scientists warn: critical equipment at Goddard Space Flight Center could be discarded during the shutdown, jeopardizing decades of Earth & space science missions.
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
📢 Act now: agu.quorum.us/campaign/146...
#sciencepolicy #saveNASA
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels.”
economist.com/leaders/2025...
economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels.”
economist.com/leaders/2025...
economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Personally I have never used an LLM to:
- review a paper
- review a grant
- mark student assessments
These are tasks I do not pass to LLMs because I am getting paid to do them and because I was asked to provide my individual professional judgement on their quality
- review a paper
- review a grant
- mark student assessments
These are tasks I do not pass to LLMs because I am getting paid to do them and because I was asked to provide my individual professional judgement on their quality
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Personally I have never used an LLM to:
- review a paper
- review a grant
- mark student assessments
These are tasks I do not pass to LLMs because I am getting paid to do them and because I was asked to provide my individual professional judgement on their quality
- review a paper
- review a grant
- mark student assessments
These are tasks I do not pass to LLMs because I am getting paid to do them and because I was asked to provide my individual professional judgement on their quality
Happy Critical Infrastructure Fail Day to those who celebrate!
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy Critical Infrastructure Fail Day to those who celebrate!
This is the equivalent of a permanent snowstorm where it will take the system a few weeks to reach equilibrium
Flight cancellations on Friday at American, Delta, Southwest and United, via Cirium.
Looks like the FAA and airlines are gradually implementing cancellations at about 4% and ramping up to 10%, per CBS reports.
Looks like the FAA and airlines are gradually implementing cancellations at about 4% and ramping up to 10%, per CBS reports.
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is the equivalent of a permanent snowstorm where it will take the system a few weeks to reach equilibrium