I'm so so sorry you were fired. That is terribly unfair. Is there any way we can help? Also, we are waiting desperately on a non-competing continuation NoA for a grant that has some diversity language in the context of K-5 education. Do you know if they were going to cancel such grants– can you DM?

Thank you, that is helpful to hear and I sincerely appreciate it!

No, we completed the prior project period and spent the budget as of 1/31 (planned project end date). Thanks so much for your response and any guidance you can offer!

Thanks for posting. This is good news, and I’ve seen the key word “active” in a few comments like this. What about a pending non-competing continuation; so no “active” award because the prior project budget period lapsed and the new one hasn’t started yet?

Understood. He did a very brave thing, and hopefully got the wheels moving, we’ll see. So hard to say from the outside, but we are very grateful for all NIH and GMS staff, of course!

Have you heard that GMSs are afraid to push out NoAs (new, or continuations?) even after Wednesday’s memo? We are waiting on a continuation that was on the verge of issuing before 1/27, and can’t tell if GMS will now get those out or delay?

Terrible. Any news about Michelle Bulls?

Thank you, I appreciate it! Have a great day and it’s wonderful to not be totally isolated in this. Thank you for your advocacy and posts

I was thinking about emailing today… do you recommend it? This is my first time doing any work with NIH and still trying to figure out what’s appropriate / welcomed vs. might annoy people.

Thanks. We are NIGMS. It seems like there are various sources around the internet corroborating the right type of movement alongside the memo which makes me hope it’s legitimate, although I know it may only matter to specific scenarios like ours. As with everything… we’ll see

Thanks for doing the research and posting. Any idea when we would expect to see new awards considering that the memo is only from yesterday? We are waiting on an SBIR fast-track non-competing continuation application for Phase II.

@quadrapole.bsky.social In the comments here Kirk claims "keep in mind projects typically won't show in reporter until the start date. Also note that awards issued between the 1st and 15th will usually have a start date of the 15th." www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Could that change your analysis?

Please keep posting. Thank you. This information matters a lot to people who may not speak up, but appreciate the effort you're putting into this.