Alison Niedbalski
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Alison Niedbalski
@a1ison.bsky.social
Philosopher of Mind. Connoisseur of Cognitive Science. Filmmaker. Keys/Vox for @qualiaisreal, Brontez Purnell, and Burner Herzog.
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.

Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM