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Rebecca Witter
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Image with text that reads: It's happening now: The NIH (National Institute of Health) has issued guidance to terminate all contracts or grants that include 'gender ideology'. This includes using the word 'gender' according to the memo issued. That means potentially all studies that say 'gender: M/F' instead of 'sex: M/F' on a survey or intake form could be cancelled. It could also impact studies specifically designed to better understand treatments and drugs on diverse populations - including women (traditionally excluded from medical trials!), people of different sexuality, different races, different gender presentations, and people with disabilities. Potentially years of research and studies lost. (Source: Science.org)
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Image with text that reads: It's happening now: - The NSF (National Science Foundation) has frozen payments on all grants. PhD student and Post-doc salary requests were denied this Tuesday. No news on when they will get paid. This applies to ALL NSF grants (which are hugely prestigious) - work on evolution, geology (earthquakes), cancer, novel chemicals, and more. If funds stay frozen, animals will have to be euthanized, and billions of dollars of experiments will be lost. This impacts all kinds of work, in the name of stopping programs that may list DEI principles. (Source: NPR)
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM