I *will* continue working on this Discussion section, even though I just received some new data in my inbox that I *really* want to analyze. This is the restraint of a future PI, right? 😜

Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝

New publication! ⭐ We surveyed & documented how 2025 US federal funding disruptions affected ECRs' training, mental health, and confidence in their futures. More than half of respondents were considering leaving academic research. doi.org/10.3389/fsoc...

Frontiers | Early career researcher responses to 2025 United States federal science funding disruptions: a rapid-response pilot survey

IntroductionScientific research drives national progress and innovation, but abrupt federal funding disruptions can destabilize scientific training at critic...

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It was a joy and privilege to spend the day with 200 amazing Blsck writers talking about making books and getting them out into the world. Thank you to everyone who came out!

Triple the rate. 3 times more likely to have grants suspended. “Compared to the all NIH-funded investigators in 2024, investigators who received targeted terminations were more likely to self-identify as… Black/African American (n = 86, 11.9% vs 4.0%)”

Michael D. Green, PhD@michaeldgreen.phd · 4mo ago

Important new study out today highlighting unequal impact of NIH grant terminations. “If the NIH is to serve the health of all Americans, it requires urgent course correction to ensure all scientific careers are sustained without targeted discrimination.” www.thelancet.com/journals/TLR...

One join us on Saturday for the High Stakes Session! Featuring @zivacooper.bsky.social @heatherwardmd.bsky.social @siararouzer.bsky.social @rachelrabin.bsky.social #SOBP2026 If you are around on Saturday, come say hi!

Biological Psychiatry@biologicalpsych.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Attending #SOBP2026? Let us know what you’re presenting so we can share with the community! 🧠🧬

Check out my new piece in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social ! “We’re Training Scientists for a World That No Longer Exists” sciencepolitics.org/2026/03/18/w...

We’re Training Scientists for a World That No Longer Exists - Science Politics

Science can help address pressing challenges, but only if we train scientists to communicate in the places people actually form beliefs.

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Questions for NIH connoisseurs: in this climate how best to deal with moving to a new institution if an expected NGA for a NEW NIH grant has not arrived yet? Delay your move or risk asking NIH to hold/delay NGA till you have moved and all paperwork and protocols are approved?

I'm so saddened to hear about Debby. She was such a bright light to me in my early career days at RSA, and a genuine joy to talk to. Her legacy as a lifeline and wonderful person will continue far beyond today. All my love to her family.💔 @rsaofficial.bsky.social

BOTH OF MY RESEARCH ASSISTANTS WHO APPLIED FOR PHD PROGRAMS THIS CYCLE HAVE RECEIVED ACCEPTANCES!!! I'M SOOOO HAPPY!!!! 😱🤩😍

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets

The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

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Check this out straight from the NIH website, acknowledging that multiyear funding was likely responsible for a 20% decrease in early stage investigators. And that it was expected. A strange approach for someone so committed to the next generation of scientists. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Enjoyed the last Webinar? Join us for another webinar next Wednesday with Dr. Rebecca Mellema of Getting Science Write to learn how to communicate your scientific research and knowledge to make change in the scientific world and policy. Sign up at tr.ee/P8bSDf and join us on Zoom! #science

Next Wednesday, the RSA Advocacy Committee is hosting a members-only webinar on how research policy is shaped and how YOU can engage thoughtfully and effectively. We’ll talk about: • Why advocacy is essential • What’s happening at the federal level • Practical tips for engaging Register below! 📝

Research Society on Alcohol@rsaofficial.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎓 Civics & Advocacy for Scientists: An RSA Introduction This webinar covers the basics of civics and advocacy for alcohol researchers—plus practical tips for engaging with policymakers. 🗓️ February 18, 2026 | 3:00 PM ET 🔗 Register to receive the link: https://bit.ly/4aEhs7L

When your computer performs an unsanctioned reboot and you lose the vital 137 tabs you had open.

Do you have passionate trainees who want to lean into advocacy? Join me (and many others, like @siararouzer.bsky.social ) to learn more about the basics of advocacy!!

Research Society on Alcohol@rsaofficial.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎓 Civics & Advocacy for Scientists: An RSA Introduction This webinar covers the basics of civics and advocacy for alcohol researchers—plus practical tips for engaging with policymakers. 🗓️ February 18, 2026 | 3:00 PM ET 🔗 Register to receive the link: https://bit.ly/4aEhs7L

This exciting event has finally been rescheduled! Join us on Feb. 10 at @westernu.ca for an insightful conversation about SGBA+ in brain research with the insightful @liisagalea.bsky.social and Kendra Loedige moderated by @lisasaksida.bsky.social. Register here: brainscan-sgba-seminar.eventbrite.ca

Slowly sketching out the postdoc → PI journey, while still knee-deep in current projects. Would love to hear from neuroscience environments that value ideas, collaboration, and good mentoring. Priority is staying in the UK, but open to opportunities abroad. Tips from those who’ve been there welcome!

Students applying for NSF funding are having their applications “returned without review” for being “ineligible,” despite their proposed research falling squarely within the application guidelines. eos.org/research-and...

Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review” - Eos

Graduate students applying for NSF funding have had their applications returned without review—even though their proposed research appears to fall squarely within the fields of study outlined in the p...

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I am SO incredibly excited to announce the launch of a global list of Inspiring Black Scientists. You can use this list to nominate and connect with researchers. Please share and join us in highlighting these outstanding scientists for #BlackHistoryMonth and beyond! www.wiley.com/en-us/resear...

🚨Faculty position just dropped. We are seeking a Psychology Clinic Director at the @unm.edu Dept of Psychology psychclinic.unm.edu, this position is focused on clinical training of PhD students in sunny, affordable, and progressive New Mexico. Come join us! unm.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Second R01 for the lab submitted despite it all. Levi is taking all the credit for it (co-I of course). Anyway continue calling your senators and reps. ICE has not left and we are still under a paramilitary occupation. My students are not safe and shouldn’t have to feel this way.

🚨 Requesting help: I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 Please signal boost?

An n = 1 witnesses rarely inspires optimism. www.help.senate.gov/hearings/mod...

One of my favorite sessions of the conference. This conversation is critical for all researchers, and the Wellcome Initiative is VERY appropriately named!

Jared Young@jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hope all can come to Imperial Ballroom B so you can learn how to unlock clinical mechanisms thru the us of animal models starting in 5!

#ACNP ❤️ Cannabinoid Researchers! @acnporg.bsky.social

This was such a powerful session. While our journeys through research feel so individual, the ability to hear about one another's resilience is not only empowering, it's essential to create a community with sustained investment from scientists.

Jared Young@jaredwyoung.bsky.social · 8mo ago

At the @acnporg.bsky.social #ACNP2026 Experience and Resilience Committee session describing how to build a Resilience Toolkit! In these times of trouble, we all need it! #Resilience

What a powerful conversation about what it’s like to navigate life and a research career with lived experience of mental illness. I’m deeply grateful for the speakers being willing to share their experiences and how we can all be more supportive of our colleagues #ACNP206 @acnporg.bsky.social

NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN)@dpn-journal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

If you're attending #ACNP2026 and would like to learn more & discuss this important topic with the authors, come to this study group👇👇 on Tues morning (1/13) at 9 AM! See you there 😄

The world is a really shitty place, but people are standing up for our communities and putting our money into good efforts where we can. A group of women in neuro I am friends with decided to give back this holiday season. Together we donated $3200. Small efforts add up!!

Honored to receive a 2026 @sobp-org.bsky.social Travel Fellowship to attend my first SOBP conference! 🤩