We want to hear from you! What #science policy issues do you care about? What topics do you want us to ask candidates their Stance on Science? #Stance2026 #california Fill out this Google Form and let us know: forms.gle/ftuJiNEnBRTs...

Yessss, new #Stance2026 starter pack just dropped! Stance on Science is a @snapcoalition.org initiative where early career researchers ask midterm candidates science policy related questions, and then publicize their answers. They are also hosting town halls! #scipol #midterms go.bsky.app/Qzcc5Kx

Are you interested in #phages? The Taga Lab is looking to hire a postdoc with expertise in phage biology to work on a project about phage-mediated nutrient sharing. If you're interested, please reach out to Dr. Taga.

Peer review helps ensure the best science gets funded. A proposed OMB rule could expand political influence over federal research funding decisions. Join @snapcoalition.org & Allie Cashel (@protectdemocracy.org) on June 17 (5:30 PM ET) to learn about how to submit a public comment!

Scientist Network for Advancing Policy@snapcoalition.org · 2mo ago

Join SNAP and @protectdemocracy.org to learn about how to write a public comment for the proposed OMB rule! Wednesday, June 17th at 5:30 p.m. ET Registration link here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SciPol #ECRs #science

What do #CA-11 congressional candidates think about science funding in California? We asked: Do you support initiatives that alter funding for science research, i.e. Senate Bill 895 (California Foundation)? #SB895 #California #scipol (1/5)

Want to learn more about how candidates for CA elected office will use science and data to inform decision making and policy? We are a nationwide, non-partisan initiative organized by early-career scientists doing just that. We want to hear issues are important to you! forms.gle/mYJKNvmhUBAB...

California Science Policy Issues Important in 2026

Stance on Science is non-partisan initiative that aims to provide clarity to voters before the 2026 election regarding candidates' stances on policy issues. Science relates to our lives in many ways, ...

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Thank you to the candidates who have responded to our questionnaire! Responses can be found here: snapcoalition.org/initiatives/... @nothowyouscience.bsky.social @saikatforcongress.bsky.social #DavidGanezer #JingchaoXiong #CA11 #scipol

We especially want to thank all of the other SNAPpers and ASAPers who made this possible @erinmorrow.bsky.social @bdavisbio.bsky.social @mjarnett.bsky.social @ashyeneng.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @kassstem.com @jonj-udd.bsky.social

Isako Di Tomassi@isakoditomassi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@emmascales.bsky.social & I are grateful to receive @researchamerica.bsky.social Meeting the Moment Award on behalf of @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social for the #McClintockLetters #SciComm initiative! Thank you SO MUCH to all ML writers bit.ly/47sVJwE #RAAwards #SciAdvocacy

As always, the most courageous in the room are young people so thank you to student journalists at Columbia for being the only outlet to cover Greene’s self-made fall from grace. www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02...

Brian Greene, Frontiers of Science professor, invited Jeffrey Epstein to science conferences and planned to attend dinners at Epstein’s home

<i>Updated Feb. 4 at 3:52 p.m.</i>

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It is beyond insulting for @aaas.org to plan to host Brian Greene, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a plenary talk at #AAAS2026, then cancel it the day before, only for the replacement to insist Greene was a “good scientist” and that he wished we could all hear from him.

@researchamerica.bsky.social is honoring the McClintock Letters Initiative a "Meeting the Moment" award: www.researchamerica.org/advocacy-awa... We are so grateful to all of the participants of the #McClintockLetters! @snapcoalition.bsky.social and @cornellasap.bsky.social really crushed it!

The McClintock Letters - Research!America

The MEETING THE MOMENT FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AWARD recognizes an individual or organization that has been a “clear voice,” playing a key role in communicating important public health information to the […...

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Come see us at Booth 605 at @aaas.org Conference Feb. 12-14 in #Phoenix, AZ! #EarlyCareerResearchers @disha-patel3.bsky.social @dboufidis.bsky.social @jolybdenum.bsky.social @eselland.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @sneharao.bsky.social #AAASmtg #AAAS2026

What happens when science funding disappears? At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting. Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area. 🎧

Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press

Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…

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New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word! laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/

Jeremy Yoder says no war@jbyoder.org · 10mo ago

Didn't see this at first, but if I'm reading it right, it means first-year students in our Master's program, who I usually advise to take a year and develop ideas for their one shot at the GRFP, now have until November 10 to write a competitive application or they may never get another chance

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

Our piece is out in SciTech Forefront! Check it out here: medium.com/scitech-fore... Disclaimer: I am NO LONGER part of @standupforscience.bsky.social & haven't been affiliated for months! Was just part of the original team that organized March 7 😊

Science Funding Cuts Break the Research Pipeline

Subtitle: It Was Leaky. With Cuts to Scientific Funding, It’s Now Breaking. We Must Repair the Pipeline for Early Career Researchers…

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That would be @erinmorrow.bsky.social doing incredible work as always!

JoAnn Trejo@joann-trejo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

PhD student @ucla appeals for research funding, building a student led campaign for science www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/phd-stu...

Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! If you signed up to participate, there is still time. Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help. blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...

An important correction in the NYT, to a chart that was shared a lot in recent days & that I shared myself, shows they'd made a mistake with the 18-24 year old turnout, and so it's not the case that age group outvoted all others. Still: nothing to sneeze at here, still a huge surge in youth vote.

As part of the #McClintockLetters Initiative, members of the Taga Lab wrote op-ed's and letters to their local hometown papers to defend federal science funding. Check them out in this thread and join the fight to defend federal science funding (1/4)!

So important! Please contact your Republican senators, especially Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA). 🙏 amplify!

Ferric Fang, MD@fangferric.bsky.social · last yr.

As Robert Kuttner writes, the NIH will need support from Republican Senators to avoid draconian cuts to its FY2026 budget. prospect.org/politics/202...

Thank you, @pleunipennings.bsky.social, for sharing your experience with the #McClintockLetters Initiative, and for highlighting the excellent work of other participants. Reaching people outside of our academic bubbles is exactly what we need to do! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/i...

I published my first letter-to-the-editor as part of the McClintock Letters initiative!

Flyer about the McClintock letters from To change minds, we need to reach people with our message. A group of graduate students came up with the idea to encourage scientists to publish letters in l…

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It's not too late to participate in #McClintockLetters! Check out all the resources we have available and get writing: tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersInitiative Please don't hesistate to reach out with any questions!

Ashley Eng writes to MA, “I would not have gotten my start in science without the passionate community of science teachers I had as a proud BHS and UMass alum.” But now, “Federal funding agencies are terminating grants without reason and our valued federal employees are losing their jobs.” 🧪🏠

Ashley Eng@ashyeneng.bsky.social · last yr.

I hope my #Brookline community sees how these cuts are affecting those around us and joins the fight to defend federal science funding. (2/2) @brooklinenews.bsky.social @samjmintz.bsky.social brookline.news/re-the-world...

Taga lab (past and present) will be at #ASMMicrobe2025! Swing by our posters to learn more about corrinoid producers in Archaea and more! Poster details are included in this thread. @asm.org #ASMMicrobe #MicroSky #ASMMicrobe25 #Microbe2025

As part of #McClintockLetters, I wrote a response to an article sharing how federal funding cuts uprooted a neighbor's life. My path to science was directly shaped by my MA public education, and I wouldn't be the scientist and person I am today without it. (1/2)

So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4

Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts

Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend their research, as the Trump administration drastically reduces science funding.

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Science Homecoming@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · last yr.

Neuroscientist Erin Morrow writes, “Wellstar Cobb Hospital is where science saved my life…Six months later, I walked across the graduation stage at Emory. My happy ending wouldn’t have been possible without decades of U.S. research” 🧪🏠 @erinmorrow.bsky.social www.mdjonline.com/opinion/well...

Working with and learning from incredible leaders like @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and dozens others @snapcoalition.bsky.social has been the highlight of my year! Read how trainees are taking action: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people

Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.

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Scientists at UC Berkeley have filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin, accusing of politically motivated cuts to funding. “I think that if we fight back and we show that our laws still work, it means something to people,” says Sabeeha Merchant, Berkeley professor. zurl.co/xnJgg @tktk.bsky.social

UC Berkeley researchers team up for first-of-its-kind lawsuit over Trump funding cuts

University of California staff members hope to use a class action lawsuit to restore their research funding.

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