Coalition for Life Sciences
@c4lifesciences.bsky.social
A unique group of scientists from academia, industry, and philanthropy working to advance policies that promote life science innovation.
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CLS Objects to Multi-Year Funding Proposal - The Coalition for the Life Sciences
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 includes a seemingly innocuous proposal to transition up to half of research projects grants to "multiyear funding." CLS predicts application success rates ...
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Today CLS brings attention to a sleeper cell proposal in the President's NIH Budget for FY26: Multi-Year Awards.
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
CLS thanks Senator Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov for championing the provision we requested to limit multi-year awards at NIH!!!!
July 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
CLS thanks Senator Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov for championing the provision we requested to limit multi-year awards at NIH!!!!
In June, CLS predicted that success rates would PLUMMET if NIH implemented multiyear funding.
NCI just confirmed.
9% down to 4%!!!!
#MathIsntHard
NCI just confirmed.
9% down to 4%!!!!
#MathIsntHard
July 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In June, CLS predicted that success rates would PLUMMET if NIH implemented multiyear funding.
NCI just confirmed.
9% down to 4%!!!!
#MathIsntHard
NCI just confirmed.
9% down to 4%!!!!
#MathIsntHard
Today CLS brings attention to a sleeper cell proposal in the President's NIH Budget for FY26: Multi-Year Awards.
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
CLS Objects to Multi-Year Funding Proposal - The Coalition for the Life Sciences
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 includes a seemingly innocuous proposal to transition up to half of research projects grants to "multiyear funding." CLS predicts application success rates ...
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today CLS brings attention to a sleeper cell proposal in the President's NIH Budget for FY26: Multi-Year Awards.
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
Read our statement to learn why this "nothing to see here" boring-sounding proposal would actually be DEVASTATING to research.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-objects-...
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🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
May 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
🚨ATTENTION MOMS🚨
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Friday, May 30th at 3pm
Meet me outside of the CDC with your pregnant bellies, your babies, your toddlers, your strollers, your signs, and your baby gear.
We are standing up for science and vaccines!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/moms-...
Today CLS objected to the proposed politicization of staff positions at US Science Agencies, particularly program managers whose expertise is critical to a strong and vibrant innovation ecosystem.
#ScheduleF
#ScheduleF
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
May 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today CLS objected to the proposed politicization of staff positions at US Science Agencies, particularly program managers whose expertise is critical to a strong and vibrant innovation ecosystem.
#ScheduleF
#ScheduleF
Proud to stand with our member @asm.org correcting the record on this LIFESAVING research.
Pausing Research Not a Path to Better Biosafety & Biosecurity
The American Society for Microbiology is committed to ensuring that scientific research is conducted adhering to strict standards for biosafety and biosecurity.
asm.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Proud to stand with our member @asm.org correcting the record on this LIFESAVING research.
CLS stormed Capitol Hill Thursday, delivering our message of the terrible consequences from abrupt terminations of grants.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
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April 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
CLS stormed Capitol Hill Thursday, delivering our message of the terrible consequences from abrupt terminations of grants.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org/cls-calls-on...
@needhibhalla.bsky.social @johandelsman.bsky.social
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THIS!
April 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
THIS!
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Pauses, interruptions and rescissions of research funds are slowing work that is vital for developing lifesaving treatments for chronic and infectious diseases. ASBMB is a member of @c4lifesciences.bsky.social, which calls on the administration to restore funding.
➡️Read CLS' letter: bit.ly/4jmyRDL.
➡️Read CLS' letter: bit.ly/4jmyRDL.
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Pauses, interruptions and rescissions of research funds are slowing work that is vital for developing lifesaving treatments for chronic and infectious diseases. ASBMB is a member of @c4lifesciences.bsky.social, which calls on the administration to restore funding.
➡️Read CLS' letter: bit.ly/4jmyRDL.
➡️Read CLS' letter: bit.ly/4jmyRDL.
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Super grateful for the staffers, including Kaitlyn Kelly in @schiff.senate.gov’s office, who took the time to meet with me and other members of the @c4lifesciences.bsky.social to discuss the cuts to federal funding of science and biomedical research.
April 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Super grateful for the staffers, including Kaitlyn Kelly in @schiff.senate.gov’s office, who took the time to meet with me and other members of the @c4lifesciences.bsky.social to discuss the cuts to federal funding of science and biomedical research.
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Join ASCB on May 7 for “Bridging the Gap: The State of Public Engagement in Science”—a webinar on building trust, connecting with communities, and communicating science effectively. Register: www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting... #CellBiology
Bridging the Gap: The State of Public Engagement in Science - ASCB
How can cell biologists effectively engage the public and policymakers in an era of misinformation and scientific skepticism? Join Jenny Luray (Research!America) and Fanuel Muindi (Northeastern Univer...
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April 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Join ASCB on May 7 for “Bridging the Gap: The State of Public Engagement in Science”—a webinar on building trust, connecting with communities, and communicating science effectively. Register: www.ascb.org/ascb-meeting... #CellBiology
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
When the Administration puts the Drug Addiction and Mental Health Institutes into a Behavioral Health Institute .....
They are classifying addiction and mental illness as moral weaknesses, not neurological conditions.
This is going backwards.
#MedicalModel
When the Administration puts the Drug Addiction and Mental Health Institutes into a Behavioral Health Institute .....
They are classifying addiction and mental illness as moral weaknesses, not neurological conditions.
This is going backwards.
#MedicalModel
April 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
MAKE NO MISTAKE.
When the Administration puts the Drug Addiction and Mental Health Institutes into a Behavioral Health Institute .....
They are classifying addiction and mental illness as moral weaknesses, not neurological conditions.
This is going backwards.
#MedicalModel
When the Administration puts the Drug Addiction and Mental Health Institutes into a Behavioral Health Institute .....
They are classifying addiction and mental illness as moral weaknesses, not neurological conditions.
This is going backwards.
#MedicalModel
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This is bleak. A database of cancelled NIH grants.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is bleak. A database of cancelled NIH grants.
Need an easy way to understand the Proposed Reorganization of NIH. Here you go!
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NIH Reorganization Plan 2026
chatgpt.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Need an easy way to understand the Proposed Reorganization of NIH. Here you go!
chatgpt.com/s/m_680132c8...
chatgpt.com/s/m_680132c8...
Abrupt termination of research doesn't stop waste, it CREATES waste! We call on @hhsgov.govmirrors.com to restore the funding without delay! #Cuts2Science
CLS Calls on the Trump Administration to Restore Research Funding - The Coalition for the Life Sciences
On April 14, 2025, CLS Chair Jo Handelsman and Exec Director Adrienne Hallett sent a letter outlining the tremendous consequences of terminating research and asking that it be reinstated.
www.coalitionforlifesciences.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Abrupt termination of research doesn't stop waste, it CREATES waste! We call on @hhsgov.govmirrors.com to restore the funding without delay! #Cuts2Science
HHS funded researchers!
Head over to LinkedIn and give a recommendation for your program officers, your scientific review officers, your intramural collaborators.
It will take you one minute but it could make a difference in their careers.
#solidarity
Head over to LinkedIn and give a recommendation for your program officers, your scientific review officers, your intramural collaborators.
It will take you one minute but it could make a difference in their careers.
#solidarity
April 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
HHS funded researchers!
Head over to LinkedIn and give a recommendation for your program officers, your scientific review officers, your intramural collaborators.
It will take you one minute but it could make a difference in their careers.
#solidarity
Head over to LinkedIn and give a recommendation for your program officers, your scientific review officers, your intramural collaborators.
It will take you one minute but it could make a difference in their careers.
#solidarity
Please contribute to any and all datasets being compiled! Data is power.
#fedworkers #federalworkers #grants #federalcontractors | Abigail André | 136 comments
End of week Federal Cuts Tracker Map updates.
Here's a progress report:
We have been flooded with offers of help, suggestions to make the forms and map… | 136 comments on LinkedIn
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March 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Please contribute to any and all datasets being compiled! Data is power.
Honoring Ms Lowey for her decades of support for life sciences. May her memory be a blessing.
Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Honoring Ms Lowey for her decades of support for life sciences. May her memory be a blessing.
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Working on a story for @sfchronicle.com about the administration's impacts to science, including #NIH and #NSF funding. Hoping to chat with early-career scientists, especially grad students and postdocs, about how you've been affected. Thanks!
Signal: jacklee.55
Signal: jacklee.55
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Working on a story for @sfchronicle.com about the administration's impacts to science, including #NIH and #NSF funding. Hoping to chat with early-career scientists, especially grad students and postdocs, about how you've been affected. Thanks!
Signal: jacklee.55
Signal: jacklee.55
NIH website and all of its subsites are down.
NSF and CDC remain up.
NSF and CDC remain up.
March 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
NIH website and all of its subsites are down.
NSF and CDC remain up.
NSF and CDC remain up.
Hearing that many scientists fear speaking out ... for good reason.
Health and science reporters, I have a board FULL of life scientists who would be happy to go on the record. Any time, any (science) topic.
#Cuts2Science
Health and science reporters, I have a board FULL of life scientists who would be happy to go on the record. Any time, any (science) topic.
#Cuts2Science
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hearing that many scientists fear speaking out ... for good reason.
Health and science reporters, I have a board FULL of life scientists who would be happy to go on the record. Any time, any (science) topic.
#Cuts2Science
Health and science reporters, I have a board FULL of life scientists who would be happy to go on the record. Any time, any (science) topic.
#Cuts2Science
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The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paused a $240 million contract to create a new coronavirus vaccine.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The large clinical trial of a new Covid vaccine pill (not shot) was halted by RFK Jr www.aol.com/multimillion...
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
The Covid nasal vaccines may be next up to be axed.
Scientists in training, we need your stories!
Post a two minute video … if your program has been cancelled, if your acceptance has been rescinded, if your future is on hold. Tell the world your story.
#cuts2science
Tag us, tag your member of Congress.
Post a two minute video … if your program has been cancelled, if your acceptance has been rescinded, if your future is on hold. Tell the world your story.
#cuts2science
Tag us, tag your member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Scientists in training, we need your stories!
Post a two minute video … if your program has been cancelled, if your acceptance has been rescinded, if your future is on hold. Tell the world your story.
#cuts2science
Tag us, tag your member of Congress.
Post a two minute video … if your program has been cancelled, if your acceptance has been rescinded, if your future is on hold. Tell the world your story.
#cuts2science
Tag us, tag your member of Congress.
Our Co-Chair Dr. Jo Handelsman @johandelsman.bsky.social was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio this morning talking about the Administration's recent cuts to Facilities and Administration (aka Indirect) costs.
Listen here!
Listen here!
Cuts to Wisconsin medical research, Sanctuary spaces in Wisconsin, Vel Phillips children's book
We explore how Trump’s plan to cut federal funding for medical research would effect UW-Madison labs. Then, we discuss the the sanctuary movement in Wisconsin and how churches are responding […]
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February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our Co-Chair Dr. Jo Handelsman @johandelsman.bsky.social was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio this morning talking about the Administration's recent cuts to Facilities and Administration (aka Indirect) costs.
Listen here!
Listen here!