Anonymous Scientist
@quantumnebula425.bsky.social
The reporting on Larry Summers has totally missed the point. It’s not just about him pal-ing around with Epstein.
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The reporting on Larry Summers has totally missed the point. It’s not just about him pal-ing around with Epstein.
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
It’s about his predatory actions against junior Female colleagues and mentees.
Notice that he doesn’t even apologize for the despicable sexual harassment he was doing
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Is it “radically leftist” to believe that marginalized groups should not be excluded from NIH research? …that throwing away public resources by terminating studies just before they complete?
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Is it “radically leftist” to believe that marginalized groups should not be excluded from NIH research? …that throwing away public resources by terminating studies just before they complete?
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
If so, I wear the label proudly.
And it is absolutely my job to criticize such policies at work.
A true American hero and patriot. Thank you @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social. We see your courage.
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A true American hero and patriot. Thank you @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social. We see your courage.
Director Bhattacharya is a liar. NIH staff oftern send emails to PIs telling them to remove specific words from grants. This is a fact.
Director Bhattacharya says there are no banned words at the NIH. The data suggest otherwise.
Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
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September 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Director Bhattacharya is a liar. NIH staff oftern send emails to PIs telling them to remove specific words from grants. This is a fact.
Some additional framing on the MYF tragedy:
If I may add, it’s not just about our colleagues on these grants that should have been funded but were not. That is a shame but it is not the entire tragedy.
It’s also about the discoveries and wonderful things we may never know because this science was not done.
It’s also about the discoveries and wonderful things we may never know because this science was not done.
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Some additional framing on the MYF tragedy:
Imagine all the discoveries that will not be made.
Imagine the young scientists who will leave science, who won't make more discoveries in the future either.
We won't even know what we have lost.
Imagine the young scientists who will leave science, who won't make more discoveries in the future either.
We won't even know what we have lost.
2400 is a lot of grants not funded. Wow.
A substantial part (but not all) of this increased investment is multi-year funded grants.
My current estimate is that multi-year funding has been used in lieu of ~2400 annually funded grants that could have been made.
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My current estimate is that multi-year funding has been used in lieu of ~2400 annually funded grants that could have been made.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Imagine all the discoveries that will not be made.
Imagine the young scientists who will leave science, who won't make more discoveries in the future either.
We won't even know what we have lost.
Imagine the young scientists who will leave science, who won't make more discoveries in the future either.
We won't even know what we have lost.
Ask Kevin Hall about this who was purged when he refused to change his science to align with this administrations ideology. Shameful.
September 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ask Kevin Hall about this who was purged when he refused to change his science to align with this administrations ideology. Shameful.
Giving clear orders while maintaining plausible deniability is a hallmark feature of mobsters. Which is what Trump and he cronies are fundamentally.
Is NIH under a Multi-Year funding policy or not? drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/i...
Is NIH under a Multi-Year funding policy or not?
When I finally grasped the initial salvo on the multi-year funding policy, it was buttressed by a comment in the President’s/NIH’s FY2026 budget justification/request [PDF] In FY 2026, …
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Giving clear orders while maintaining plausible deniability is a hallmark feature of mobsters. Which is what Trump and he cronies are fundamentally.
I used to think science was like law. A lot of people carefully studying intricacies, making discoveries, applying lessons learned.
But this Supreme Court shows that it is just a facade, a conclusion looking for a justification.
As though as a scientist invented a finding out of whole cloth.
But this Supreme Court shows that it is just a facade, a conclusion looking for a justification.
As though as a scientist invented a finding out of whole cloth.
September 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I used to think science was like law. A lot of people carefully studying intricacies, making discoveries, applying lessons learned.
But this Supreme Court shows that it is just a facade, a conclusion looking for a justification.
As though as a scientist invented a finding out of whole cloth.
But this Supreme Court shows that it is just a facade, a conclusion looking for a justification.
As though as a scientist invented a finding out of whole cloth.
I was thinking more about @azfaust.bsky.social's comments about Memoli.
How easy it was for him to slide into $500 million in funding for his pet project... No need for study section for this guy! No need to even write a grant application!
How easy it was for him to slide into $500 million in funding for his pet project... No need for study section for this guy! No need to even write a grant application!
The freaking greed of some people is beyond me.
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I was thinking more about @azfaust.bsky.social's comments about Memoli.
How easy it was for him to slide into $500 million in funding for his pet project... No need for study section for this guy! No need to even write a grant application!
How easy it was for him to slide into $500 million in funding for his pet project... No need for study section for this guy! No need to even write a grant application!
Update re foreign NIH research: Over the last few weeks, NIH has been releasing the first batch of new grants with the "Type 3 supplement" structure in place of foreign subawards.
reporter.nih.gov/search/ENfJ5...
reporter.nih.gov/search/ENfJ5...
RePORT ⟩ RePORTER
reporter.nih.gov
September 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Update re foreign NIH research: Over the last few weeks, NIH has been releasing the first batch of new grants with the "Type 3 supplement" structure in place of foreign subawards.
reporter.nih.gov/search/ENfJ5...
reporter.nih.gov/search/ENfJ5...
To build on this point, the house bill does not prohibit OMB’s multiyear funding requirement, as in the senate. This is as important as the topline budget.
This requirement is equivalent to a 25-30% NIH cut.
This requirement is equivalent to a 25-30% NIH cut.
It will be essential to interpret any top line number in terms of (i) whether expert review or political ideology guides decisions; (ii) whether Congress intends to stop the process of impoundment. Otherwise, the budget becomes a guessing game, undermining research objectives.
September 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
To build on this point, the house bill does not prohibit OMB’s multiyear funding requirement, as in the senate. This is as important as the topline budget.
This requirement is equivalent to a 25-30% NIH cut.
This requirement is equivalent to a 25-30% NIH cut.
Jenna is on point here as always
This right here!
Remember, multiyear (aka upfront) funding operates like a huge budget cut. We also need language limiting MYF/UFF.
Remember, multiyear (aka upfront) funding operates like a huge budget cut. We also need language limiting MYF/UFF.
This is very good news.
BUT, as we saw this year when NIH was operating under a flat budget, Trump and Russell Vought can effectively destroy NIH even if Congress holds the budget flat.
To stop Vought and make sure NIH can function, Congress must go much further than “no cuts to budget.”
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BUT, as we saw this year when NIH was operating under a flat budget, Trump and Russell Vought can effectively destroy NIH even if Congress holds the budget flat.
To stop Vought and make sure NIH can function, Congress must go much further than “no cuts to budget.”
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September 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Jenna is on point here as always
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It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s crazy that America just like. Destroyed science. Just looked at its golden goose and went “wow should we kill this? And not for the gold, but just because we fucking hate this thing”
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
And if you tell random people about it they go “no, that doesn’t seem true” and just refuse to believe you
This point is worth highlighting...
Yah the heterogeneity across IC's is really shocking, It reveals what a cluster it is for NIH staff right now to implement ever-shifting and ambiguous (and sometimes illegal) high-level guidance.
August 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This point is worth highlighting...
If MYF gets removed by Congress for FY26, I would hope IC’s try to fund some of these apps in late cycle FY25 that got absolutely screwed.
My NIA PO said they have “closed the books” on this fiscal year. So my 10% scored Alzheimer’s R01 goes back into the lottery 😭 (I resubmitted it).
August 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If MYF gets removed by Congress for FY26, I would hope IC’s try to fund some of these apps in late cycle FY25 that got absolutely screwed.
This nugget is new info for me.
An important detail as we have now reached “pocket rescissions day”
Wouldn’t bet my life on this guarantee though.
An important detail as we have now reached “pocket rescissions day”
Wouldn’t bet my life on this guarantee though.
-Guaranteed that current FY NIH budget will be spent in this fiscal year, outlined one or two strategies to avoid upfront funding model resulting in huge decrease in funded awards
August 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This nugget is new info for me.
An important detail as we have now reached “pocket rescissions day”
Wouldn’t bet my life on this guarantee though.
An important detail as we have now reached “pocket rescissions day”
Wouldn’t bet my life on this guarantee though.
This 2016 Plos One paper is an incredible trove of NIH grant data. So interesting.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
How Criterion Scores Predict the Overall Impact Score and Funding Outcomes for National Institutes of Health Peer-Reviewed Applications
Understanding the factors associated with successful funding outcomes of research project grant (R01) applications is critical for the biomedical research community. R01 applications are evaluated thr...
journals.plos.org
August 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This 2016 Plos One paper is an incredible trove of NIH grant data. So interesting.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This anecdote from an interview 3 months ago tells you everything you need to know about who is running things at NIH.
Memoli the complicit yes man. Vought and OMB the puppet masters. Bhattacharya just happy to be there and do podcasts.
Memoli the complicit yes man. Vought and OMB the puppet masters. Bhattacharya just happy to be there and do podcasts.
This is the most important line in this entire story.
Memoli and Bhattacharya, as terrible as they are, aren't even running things. Let's not pretend they do.
This is why NIH releases notices contradicting Bhattacharya's statements just hours after he says them.
Memoli and Bhattacharya, as terrible as they are, aren't even running things. Let's not pretend they do.
This is why NIH releases notices contradicting Bhattacharya's statements just hours after he says them.
And, if case the story line wasn't clear enough...
Twenty minutes in, NIH Principal Deputy Director Matthew Memoli, who had served as acting director until Bhattacharya arrived, opened the door to say: “Hey, Jay, I need you right now. I got a call from downtown.” The interview was over.
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Twenty minutes in, NIH Principal Deputy Director Matthew Memoli, who had served as acting director until Bhattacharya arrived, opened the door to say: “Hey, Jay, I need you right now. I got a call from downtown.” The interview was over.
/fin
August 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This anecdote from an interview 3 months ago tells you everything you need to know about who is running things at NIH.
Memoli the complicit yes man. Vought and OMB the puppet masters. Bhattacharya just happy to be there and do podcasts.
Memoli the complicit yes man. Vought and OMB the puppet masters. Bhattacharya just happy to be there and do podcasts.
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What can you do? Contact members of Congress to flag this issue. Focusing on members on the appropriations committee is especially relevant right now. Senate appropriations is doing markup on NIH *this week*
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
July 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What can you do? Contact members of Congress to flag this issue. Focusing on members on the appropriations committee is especially relevant right now. Senate appropriations is doing markup on NIH *this week*
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
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If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
1/11 Though it's personal, I’m sharing this analogy if it helps others: In the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my past journey with cancer.
Years ago, I found out in the worst way. My doctor accidentally released the biopsy results to my online patient portal.
🧵 Thread
Years ago, I found out in the worst way. My doctor accidentally released the biopsy results to my online patient portal.
🧵 Thread
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
Everyone we must call our senators about the multi year funding plan!!!
…slowing down spending as NIH grants management has had to revise pay plans AGAIN to accommodate the rigid MYF policy. Program officers are scrambling to get money out the door. Pocket rescission is looming.
CALL YOUR REPS. TELL THEM TO BLOCK THE MULTIYEAR FUNDING SCHEME AND PROTECT NIH FUNDING 📣
CALL YOUR REPS. TELL THEM TO BLOCK THE MULTIYEAR FUNDING SCHEME AND PROTECT NIH FUNDING 📣
A Quiet Policy Shift That Could Devastate American Science
Why NIH’s sudden move to multi-year grant funding should alarm every principal investigator and university
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Everyone we must call our senators about the multi year funding plan!!!
We shouldn’t be taking victory laps this morning if the multiyear funding policy is still in place.
We need to keep up the pressure on Vought and OMB.
We need to keep up the pressure on Vought and OMB.
Question: even though Vought got slapped (allegedly), is the multi-year funding thing still in play? Reading the reporting, this all seems to be wrapped up in the same evil Vought plan.
July 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We shouldn’t be taking victory laps this morning if the multiyear funding policy is still in place.
We need to keep up the pressure on Vought and OMB.
We need to keep up the pressure on Vought and OMB.
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From the @sltrib.com, @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From the @sltrib.com, @bagleycartoons.bsky.social
@maxkozlov.bsky.social it is clear you get this, but others seem not to understand yet that the NIH no longer is acting in good faith
Journalists reporting on the NIH foreign subs prohibition are far too credulous about the justifications for these policies.
When will they learn that you cannot take these justifications on good faith?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/h...
When will they learn that you cannot take these justifications on good faith?!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/h...
N.I.H. Bars New Funding From U.S. Scientists to Partners Abroad
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@maxkozlov.bsky.social it is clear you get this, but others seem not to understand yet that the NIH no longer is acting in good faith