NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue: the K99/R00. Devastating news for the international research training community, who strongly contribute to US biomedical research. All will feel this great loss! www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...

NIH plans to block international researchers on visas from accessing key funding avenue

The NIH plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the U.S.

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Some really important questions from @deevybee.bsky.social on Jay Bhattacharya’s edge science paper. Bishop’s reanalysis suggests Bhattacharya inexplicably excluded some papers and made choices around the novelty definition to make the results appear more robust. pubpeer.com/publications...

Additional reporting on this plan, I emphasize *plan*, to align NIH K99 eligibility with other training mechs. I.e., citizens, green cards and Samoans only.

anil oza@aniloza.bsky.social · 5d ago

NIH is planning on revoking eligibility for international students on visas for the K99/R00 pathway, a key program that supports postdocs in establishing their own labs www.statnews.com/2026/08/07/n...

Today at NIH I stopped by this very strange “Freedom” talk, because it felt important to witness. While Carole Hooven grieved scientific criticism that poked holes in her frameworks, across campus, 600 interns engaged with the rest of NIH about new data & ideas thru Summer Intern Poster Day.

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 5d ago

Today, I attended Bhattacharya's "Scientific Freedom" lecture with Carole Hooven on the "reality" of human sex differences. Knowing the premise of the lecture series & Carole Hooven's prior writing, I had low expectations for the scientific quality of the lecture. It was worse than I expected. 🧵

RFK jr overrode the NIH recommendation for NIAID Director to appoint his own preferred candidate (who applied, but NIH declined to interview), per @politico.com. Institute directors have final say on funding decisions and are critical to the integrity of NIH. 🧵 www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Starting in Spring or Summer 2027 K99/R00 (under its new activity code KT1/R00) will only be available to US citizens, permanent residents, and non-citizen nationals. I am hearing this from many program officers, but NIH has yet to make an official statement to my knowledge.

A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.

White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...

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The Oregon National Primate Research Center is facing potential existential threats - initial extreme downsizing and possibly closure. Comment by noon PT Thursday to protect the monkeys and the research. savescienceoregon.org/contact

Oregon Voices for Biomedical Research

Use your voice for science: contact your representatives and urge them to protect Oregon's lifesaving biomedical research.

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📜Proud to share our study in @jamainternalmed.com on moral injury among physicians caring for immigrant patients ⭐️Physicians described moral injury and worsening patient health. Advocacy helped restore agency. @marlenemartinmd.bsky.social @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Moral Injury Among Physicians Caring for Immigrant Patients Amid Anti-Immigrant Policies

This qualitative study explores the perspectives of primary care physicians regarding their own well-being and the health and well-being of their immigrant patients after anti-immigrant policy changes...

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9 lessons from Bethesda Declaration organizers on how to rescue US science: www.ovid.com/jnls/dartmou... 1. Scientists can no longer safely claim the privilege of being outside of, or above, politics 2. Inaction can be riskier than action. 3. Progress requires work. 4. Do not wait for someone else.

Nine lessons from Bethesda Declaration organizers... : Dartmouth Journal of Healthcare Delivery Science

Abstract was not provided for this article.

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Such a detailed, powerful accounting by @27unihted.bsky.social of how this administration is destroying the U.S. research enterprise: 27unihted.substack.com/p/the-quiet-... #science #resist #censorship #PeerReview #NIH #Action

The Quiet Attack On Science: Subverting NIH Peer Review

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review, this is an overview of all the changes to NIH's peer review over the last 18 months.

27unihted.substack.com

@27unihted.bsky.social fact checks the NIH director's statements to Congress on HIV/AIDS research. Bhattacharya claims to be working towards eliminating new infections, yet grants and clinical trials are cut on his watch. open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

Disruption of HIV research at NIH: Fact Check, Part 7

Bhattacharya tries to take credit for HIV advances while his policies undermine the field

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Here, Bhattacharya responds to a question about the NIH scientists who walked out of his Town Hall after he suggested NIH caused the pandemic. He says the scientists may have belonged to the postdoc union. There is no such thing as an NIH postdoc union. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/nih-...

NIH Director: Image Bearers Are Not Biohazards - Christianity Today

Christian physician Jay Bhattacharya wants to use repentance and research to rebuild trust in public health.

christianitytoday.com

The response to the proposed OMB federal financial assistance rule has been incredibly impressive. But our work is not done. Now that you’ve submitted your comment, it’s time to take the next steps. Because Vought has shown with prior proposed rules that he will not listen to our comments.

Step 2: Now email the comment you submitted in opposition to the OMB rule to your Senators and Congressional Representative. Tell them why you submitted and urge them to fight Vought!

The OMB rule would codify this uncertainty, making termination a constant threat to all federally funded science. Your field might be safe now, but this rule would allow the admin to stop any line of research that becomes politically inconvenient. Posting below resources on where/how to comment.

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · last mo.

I see this often among my grantees. Uncertainty about maintaining funding on a grant (even thought it has been found meritorious in peer review, high priority in programmatic review, and was already awarded) makes conducting the science extremely challenging. substack.com/@27unihted/n...

Yesterday for the Semiquincentennial I went to Ogden Utah where I met two bald Eagles at the nature center and went to an Ogden Raptors baseball game. I was lucky enough to get to LAST limited edition Raptors 250 America hat sold!

Happy Independence Day! It is a good time to reflect that our nation was founded in rebellion against an authority that was unresponsive to our needs. (OK, it’s more complicated than that, but still.) 1/3

Happy Independence Day to We the People of the United States - current and future citizens by birth or by choice - especially those who have sworn to "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay #BethesdaDeclaration

I made a 2-page Take Action Flyer for anyone to download and use! We need all hands on deck! drive.google.com/file/d/1ppq4...

@csmarcum.bsky.social , @nickhartphd.bsky.social , @clairemkbowen.bsky.social , and I are speaking with this panel at #JSM2026 in Boston with @amstatnews.bsky.social and @asa-scipol.bsky.social . #opendata #feddata #defenddata #defendresearch #statsky

Bhattacharya says staff are resisting "fundamental change" needed to modernize NIH & improve science. But Jay Bhattacharya never bothered to learn how NIH works. He ignores input from staff on changes, resulting in foreseeable harm that could be avoided. www.27unihted.org/bethesda-dec...

🥹 @tyk314.net just seeing this. You are so supportive and such a light 🥰 Thank you!

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS@tyk314.net · 2mo ago

Good luck today, @ngfriedman.bsky.social . 😉🥰😁😘

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Given recent events at the ADA meeting, Kamran Abbasi, editor-in-chief of The British Medical Journal, speaks out on freedom of the press, politics, and science. Why do US editors not do likewise? Where are the medical associations? Muzzled? Do you want to be counted amongst those who stayed silent?

OMB comment workshop led by two ex-NIH staff. The folks with decades of firsthand experience administering federal grants. Only go if you want to write an incredibly impactful comment and you want to have a good time writing it.

27 UNIHTED@27unihted.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us June 25th at 3:00PM ET to learn about writing a comment to the proposed OMB Rule on "regulation for federal financial assistance". Please register for the event ahead of time to receive the zoom link. Registration Link: www.27unihted.org/events/virtu...

Join @jennifer-troyer.bsky.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social and Dr. Chou on WCOM 103.5, or on wcomfm.org at 1:00PM ET June 23 for a discussion about the damage to NIH over the last year. Here’s a link to learn more: wcomfm.org/2026/05/14/l...

Excited to move to the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota in the fall. We will continue our work on neuromodulators and behavior. Positions available in the lab. Please get in touch if interested, and share broadly! hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/374... hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/374...

#NIH has published the new Parent #F99/K00 #predoctoral to #postdoctoral award. The first due date is August 8, 2026. Please see the website to determine eligibility and submission dates. #sciencesky #medsky #funding