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N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/h...
N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s
After weeks of disruption to scientific federal grants, the National Institutes of Health has fallen behind in funding research into treatments for deadly diseases.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
N.I.H. Research Grants Lag $1 Billion Behind Last Year’s www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/h...
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"We will protect DOGE."
This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The text:
This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The text:
February 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"We will protect DOGE."
This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The text:
This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer.
The text:
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We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.
February 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We wanted them to have healthcare and a high paying job and a planet to live on and freedom. They want us to suffer. The parties are not the same.
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I’m the dairy farmer running to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
February 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I’m the dairy farmer running to replace Elise Stefanik in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
Can you repost this, give me a follow, and help spread the word?
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Background reading for those of you who might find it helpful: "Manufacturing Backlash" report from @aaup.bsky.social covers legislative maneuvers targeting higher ed 2021-2023 - www.aaup.org/article/manu...
Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and Legislative Attacks on Higher Education, 2021–2023
During the 2021, 2022, and 2023 state legislative sessions more than one hundred and fifty bills were introduced seeking to actively undermine academic freedom and university autonomy. This legislatio...
www.aaup.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Background reading for those of you who might find it helpful: "Manufacturing Backlash" report from @aaup.bsky.social covers legislative maneuvers targeting higher ed 2021-2023 - www.aaup.org/article/manu...
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BREAKING
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.
popular.info
February 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
BREAKING
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
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Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful.
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
Here's how we would've spent that $$:
Purchased HIV treatment from U.S. pharma companies to keep 1M pp alive for 1 year.
Tell Congress to youtu.be/PqUESHfu0 #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
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The Heritage Foundation appears to be the source of claims (inaccurate) about some institutions not accepting grants from organizations that do not pay the full federal negotiated indirect rate.
Here the question is whether the paragraph written in the NIH notice about the rates of some universities is correct or not, and what is the source of their claim
Notice: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
What looks like the source: www.heritage.org/sites/defaul...
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Notice: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
What looks like the source: www.heritage.org/sites/defaul...
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February 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Heritage Foundation appears to be the source of claims (inaccurate) about some institutions not accepting grants from organizations that do not pay the full federal negotiated indirect rate.
To go along with the “why is IDC 50-75%” questions. Not only does IDC support the infrastructure of research (IRB, IACUC, COI, Grants and Finance Admins and efficient eRA systems), it’s also to ensure they are following EVERY regulation and requirement of accepting and spending the federal dollars!
February 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To go along with the “why is IDC 50-75%” questions. Not only does IDC support the infrastructure of research (IRB, IACUC, COI, Grants and Finance Admins and efficient eRA systems), it’s also to ensure they are following EVERY regulation and requirement of accepting and spending the federal dollars!
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The NIH Notice about the new indirect cost rate "plan"
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The NIH Notice about the new indirect cost rate "plan"
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Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Cuts to the NIH are a strategy to strangle research universities not “reduce waste”
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On NIH / IDCs, here’s your framing:
Every major industrialized country in the world funds its universities with money from the national treasury.
Except the U.S.
With a tiny number of exceptions, ours are primarily funded at the state level, or are fully private.
That’s where IDCs come in. 1/N
Every major industrialized country in the world funds its universities with money from the national treasury.
Except the U.S.
With a tiny number of exceptions, ours are primarily funded at the state level, or are fully private.
That’s where IDCs come in. 1/N
February 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
On NIH / IDCs, here’s your framing:
Every major industrialized country in the world funds its universities with money from the national treasury.
Except the U.S.
With a tiny number of exceptions, ours are primarily funded at the state level, or are fully private.
That’s where IDCs come in. 1/N
Every major industrialized country in the world funds its universities with money from the national treasury.
Except the U.S.
With a tiny number of exceptions, ours are primarily funded at the state level, or are fully private.
That’s where IDCs come in. 1/N
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A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
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media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A Primer on Indirect Cost Rates
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The Federal Government just capped indirect rates for new and existing grants for research at universities at 15%.
Capping indirect costs was on page 355 of Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership
Capping indirect costs was on page 355 of Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership
February 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Federal Government just capped indirect rates for new and existing grants for research at universities at 15%.
Capping indirect costs was on page 355 of Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership
Capping indirect costs was on page 355 of Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership
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Here is the relevant portion of the Project 2025 document on indirect costs. What came out today isn't quite the same recommendation, but it's not too far off.
February 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here is the relevant portion of the Project 2025 document on indirect costs. What came out today isn't quite the same recommendation, but it's not too far off.
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⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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I'm not sure how to explain how financially devastating this will be for universities. This is, literally, catastrophic for universities and for science in the United States.
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'm not sure how to explain how financially devastating this will be for universities. This is, literally, catastrophic for universities and for science in the United States.
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It’s nearly impossible to describe how severe a cut this is for universities.
And all through executive action. The university lobbyists, that they relied on to recruit bipartisan support in Congress for so long, have no traction here.
Key text:
And all through executive action. The university lobbyists, that they relied on to recruit bipartisan support in Congress for so long, have no traction here.
Key text:
February 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s nearly impossible to describe how severe a cut this is for universities.
And all through executive action. The university lobbyists, that they relied on to recruit bipartisan support in Congress for so long, have no traction here.
Key text:
And all through executive action. The university lobbyists, that they relied on to recruit bipartisan support in Congress for so long, have no traction here.
Key text:
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The CSR comm I'm on just pulled all Diversity F grants from the current review cycle. These apps are reviewed alongside (and by the same criteria) as all other F grants. So, instead of helping these trainees, they will actually be punished by having their grant reviews delayed at least 1 cycle !?!?
February 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The CSR comm I'm on just pulled all Diversity F grants from the current review cycle. These apps are reviewed alongside (and by the same criteria) as all other F grants. So, instead of helping these trainees, they will actually be punished by having their grant reviews delayed at least 1 cycle !?!?
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Not to worry as it’s only a tier 1 violation of the Constitution and, as everyone knows, it only really becomes a problem at tier 3 and above.
February 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Not to worry as it’s only a tier 1 violation of the Constitution and, as everyone knows, it only really becomes a problem at tier 3 and above.
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New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky