"The last time this number was so low was in the early 1980s."

Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades

The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

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🏺🦣 Ancient Adriatic: in 2027, our team will run CU Denver's new archaeological fieldschool on the Island of Vis off Croatia's Dalmatian Coast. Students will learn techniques of modern field archaeology & explore European prehistory. Open to all applicants: studyabroad.ucdenver.edu/_portal/tds-...

The NSF GRFP program announcement for this year has been posted: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Our Science Policy Committee reminds us that the U.S. government is in the process of attempting to alter the ways in which the NSF and NIH review funding proposals. Please consider submitting a public comment! Details from member Dr. Amy Non here: youtu.be/xM0XOkT2dXA?...

Objection to proposed changes to NSF and NIH funding

YouTube video by The Non Lab

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We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Denver this week! Don't forget to 1) download the app! and 2) use #AABA2026 on your social media posts--we'll be sharing them!

Join us in congratulating our outstanding members who have received the prestigious AABA annual awards for 2026. The 2026 Mid-Career Research award recipient is Katherine Amato from Northwestern University !

Students: the deadline for #AABA2026 travel awards is this week!

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📆 Reminder: The deadline for Pollitzer Student Travel Awards to attend #AABA2026 in Denver is December 5. Be sure to submit your application! bioanth.org/about/willia...

This #GivingTuesday, support the AABA community fund. Your donation supports student funding awards and other community initiatives. Even a small gift helps! bioanth.org/donate

⏰ Just two more days to submit your: abstract! Exec Comm nominations! Award nominations! Student presentation award app! All these are due on October 15 for #AABA2026 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

95th Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado (2026) - AABA

Our 95th Annual Meeting will take place in Denver, Colorado, from March 18-21, 2026. Students: Don’t miss your opportunity for free registration for the 2026 […]

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Interested in becoming more involved in AABA? The deadline for nominations for President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary are due October 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

📌 Students attending #AABA2026: we've made some changes to simplify the submission process for Student Presentation Awards. Your award application is now due October 15, 2025, the same day as abstracts are due. 📖 Read about it here: bioanth.org/about/studen...

Student Presentation Awards - AABA

The AABA has long recognized the important contributions made to our discipline by students. Their work reflects the promise and future of our field. Conferring […]

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📣 The abstract portal for #AABA2026 in Denver is open! Please read the abstract guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract. Submissions are due by October 15, 2025. bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

📆 It's September, which means it's time to think about your abstract submission to #AABA2026 in Denver! The abstract portal will open on September 15 and close on October 15. Check out the guidelines and start planning your submission: bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

📣 The deadline to submit proposals for Invited Symposia at #AABA2026 is tomorrow, August 15! bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA

Be sure to read the instructions below. Have all materials ready to enter prior to starting the submission process as you cannot save a draft […]

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ASU scientists uncover new fossils — and a new species of ancient human ancestor The fossils found in northeastern Ethiopia date between 2.6M to 2.8M years ago, shed new light on human evolution bit.ly/416zE4S #paleoanthropology #humanevolution #fossils #africa

📣 The AABA Executive Committee has established two new awards to recognize achievements of midcareer biological anthropologists! Nominations are due October 15. More info here: bioanth.org/about/aaba-m...

Have an idea for an #AABA2026 symposium? The submission portal is OPEN! Check out the guidelines and submit your proposal by August 15 bioanth.org/95th-annual-...

The deadline for submitting Invited Symposium proposals is August 15, 2025. - AABA

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Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff

Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.

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NSF officials announced they are essentially abandoning the use of “rotators”— scientists on leave from academic positions who help the agency choose the best research to fund. NSF also plans to reduce the number of administrators classified as senior executive service employees. scim.ag/3EKnxmc

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

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🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

A quick and typed-on-my-phone-riddled-with-typos thread about why I think people need to support NPR/PBS, even though they did post that one interview you didn't like:

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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NSF just revised its indirect cost policy—15%. When NIH tried the same, it led to lawsuits, layoffs, and a federal court injunction. Changes like this can wreak havoc on research. MORE ACTION ITEMS TO COME SOON. Stay tuned. www.nsf.gov/policies/doc... #NSFFreeze #WithoutNSF

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

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Scientists in the US are looking for jobs outside the US at significantly higher rates than this time last year. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.

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🚨 Our terminated NSF grant tracker now includes 434 grants that were terminated last Friday. We think this is all of them for now. Link to the tracker: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... Huge credit to @noamross.net for this. Contact me via Signal at sdelaney.84 for questions or corrections.

Noam Ross@noamross.net · last yr.

UPDATE: We have collected info on 434 NSF grant cancellations, which we think are most or all of the projects that received termination letters last Friday. Team effort together with @scott-delaney.bsky.social and volunteers.

🎊 Congratulations to the ten #AABA2025 student prize winners and honorable mentions! bioanth.org/about/studen...

Get excited for #AABA2025 in Baltimore next week! Download the AABA 2025 app and start planning your meeting www.xcdsystem.com/mobile/index...

Donate to the AABA STUDENT AUCTION! The event will be held in Baltimore on Thursday March 13th from 3-7pm. All proceeds support student travel awards to the annual meeting. Help us reach our $13,000 goal this year by donating items big and small! bioanth.org/94th-annual-... #AABA2025

AABA Silent Auction Supporting Student Travel - AABA

Call for 2025 Auction Donations Dear AABA member/supporter, As co-Chairs of the AABA Auction committee we are reaching out to ask for donations for our […]

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Check out this great opportunity to come work at my awesome museum supporting fellows (predocs, postdocs, etc.)! trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11)

Job Opening: Education Program Administrator (Fellows) (IS-1701-11) at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

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