Ultimately, this letter from NSF is an announcement that universities will be funded a lot less and politically-connected industry will be funded a lot more. Fancy words around old-fashioned corruption.

NSF leadership in a new golden age of science

The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...

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Exclusive from @propublica.org, details from inside USPS planning meetings that corroborate the whistleblower report warning of potential for mass disenfranchisement if mail voting regulations move forward for the midterms NEW: www.propublica.org/article/mail...

New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement

In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.

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Dubious developers are trying pressure the NPS into building a road THROUGH Yosemite to connect their mostly undeveloped $4mil ranch property (surrounded public lands) to HWY 120 in Yosemite. Why is it a terrible idea? 1/n www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Brought my laptop into a shop to be repaired and they had to keep it overnight. I feel both anxious and liberated.

I am recruiting a PhD student to join my group at UC Irvine in Fall 2027 to work on the Coupled Tipping Dynamics of Ocean Circulation and Ice Sheets – details in the attachment below. Please share the position with your networks!

Here is excellent advice from an expert: Get going! The last response to an RFI had a big impact on Congress!

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Insights from inside NIH on the proposal to hide scores and instead bin applications into broad score categories. Please read and comment on the RFI. 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-... Link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...

Dolly’s Imagination Library has sent out over 300 million free books since its founding and still sends 3 million every month, as well as supplying classroom libraries nationwide. 14% of all US children under the age of 5 have received a free book through the program. Just an absolute saint.

NSF just announced its GRFP solicitation due in October - deadline varies by field: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo... Now for the bad news... * NSF estimates they will issue 1,500 awards, down from 2,500+ last year. * NSF removed STEM Education and Learning Research as a Major Field.

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements Vought’s science destroying OMB Policies ahead of time, and we cannot let this sneaky proposal scoot by quietly. Leave your public comment today by visiting the link: zurl.co/ZGP3i

I feel like I missed a memo or something. I arrive Sat night for ACS and there is no scientific programming on Sunday except for virtual symposia?

#RoadlessRule open to comment. www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS... Overwhelming public comment = helpful. Overwhelming, thoughtful comments = even better. Do not discount the personal impact to you. Personal anecdotes = valuable expertise not found elsewhere. envirodatagov.org/how-to-write...

Alt US Forest Service@altusfs.altgov.info · 3w ago

Public comment opens on Thursday August 20, 2026 per @publiclandswaters.bsky.social: “Be ready.”

Motherfuckers! We now have a pretty good idea of what the final "target" for National Science Foundation grants this year is, and it matches Trump's budget with a 50% that was rejected instead of the congressionally approved one. Source link: grantwitness.org/funding_curv...

Jeffrey Mervis@policyhound.bsky.social · 3w ago

NSF is touting a dozen new solicitations announced this week as evidence that basic research still rules. But that's not what's really going on. www.science.org/content/arti...

Wrecking a 73-to-1 investment and sending the bill to fishermen, farmers, and families. Just crazy. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

DOGE Broke America’s Weather Machine. Now Fishermen, Insurers And Farmers Are Paying For It

Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout

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We really need to be pressing the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology about this. They hold jurisdiction over NSF. You can see the members for both parties listed here: democrats-science.house.gov/about/member...

Membership | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Brandon Bishop@brandontbishop.bsky.social · 3w ago

The National Science Foundation has had director for 16 months. Its outside oversight and governing board no longer exists. Its spending is matching the rejected presidential budget request rather than the congressionally approved budget. End this charade.

I did not see this good news until today www.science.org/content/arti...

Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research

Language is part of bill to fund government until mid-December

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www.change.org/p/restore-th...

Sign the Petition

Restore the historic American Chemical Society logo

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One of the most heart-breaking articles I’ve read. Those poor parents.

Science Magazine@science.org · last mo.

In a new editor’s note added to a paper reporting preclinical studies of a gene-editing treatment that resulted in the death of a Chinese girl, Nature has flagged “concerns” that have emerged about the publication. scim.ag/4vHdfYp

New White House plan for science and technology released yesterday www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202... 1/9

OSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific Discovery

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Michael Kratsios

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Page One. @nytimes.com

I have my undergraduates watch this after I teach Marcus theory. www.youtube.com/live/CR2gPgp...

The Global Young Academy is a great opportunity for scientists from around the world to meet and work towards improving our community! Membership call is currently open!

@globalyacademy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The GYA 2026 call for new members is now open! Applications are sought from young, independent scholars who combine the highest level of research excellence with a demonstrated passion for delivering impact. More information, and our online application form: globalyoungacademy.net/call-for-new...

I’m looking forward to presenting a talk at the final ACS150 JACS Symposium Series: ABCChem ‘Securing Our Planet's Future: Science, Boundaries, and Action’. I’ll be sharing my research in CO2 capture and utilization. 📍 Rio De Janeiro 📅 8 December 🔗 Join this free event: pubs.acs.org/JACS-Symposi...

Russell Vought is working to advance a key part of his Project 2025 agenda by giving political appointees unprecedented authority over federal science funding decisions. Fight back by leaving your public comment by visiting this link: zurl.co/hdmlB Article: zurl.co/ijSUz

Trump administration proposal would all but end scientific merit in grant funding, critics say

Proposed in late May, the rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over federal grants for research, education and infrastructure.

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Hey science types! OMB has a proposed rule, OMB-2026-0034, which would be terrible for scientific funding. The comment period closes on Monday 7/13 - if you can, leave a comment opposing it. Here’s some info: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne... #chemsky

What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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Today, ACS submitted its formal comment to the Office of Management and Budget, urging the preservation of merit-based review, scientific collaboration, and stable grant administration. Read the full comment: buff.ly/yWNWcw3

Personally I find it way too poetically appropriate that the Trump administration has corrupted a national memorial in away that has tainted the very concept of reflection.

alright, who did this? #hatm

A 20 year study on 2 NIH diversity programs in Science Advances shows they doubled undergrads' odds of getting a Ph.D. That is, before the funding for those programs and for the study itself was terminated last year: www.statnews.com/2026/06/17/n...

NIH diversity programs doubled undergraduates’ odds of getting a Ph.D., 20-year study finds

A new study found that two diversity-oriented programs supported by the NIH doubled the odds that an undergraduate would earn a Ph.D.

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Reminder to submit a comment AND contact your reps.

Politico@politico.com · 3mo ago

OMB nominee touts plan to give Trump appointees power to kill grants