Scott Delaney

Well said, Theresa. Vance says hosting international scientists is undercutting American researchers. But the opposite is true. Every step of my scientific career, as an American, relied on the support and collaboration of visa holders. Adding reminders about related policies below

I'm speaking at the NYC Statistical Computing Meetup about @grantwitness.org: how we use modern #rstats stack to produce trustworthy, reproducible, rapid data that powers activism, litigation, and journalism. Join us in-person @ NYU or online. Mon, Oct 19 at 7PM! www.meetup.com/nyhackr/even... 🧪

Breast cancer patients shouldn’t be denied hope of a new lifesaving treatment because Russ Vought thinks women’s health research is woke. I will fight this plan tooth and nail.

🚨 Funding disruptions are harming farmers, doctors, children, teachers, police officers, disaster relief workers, and millions of other Americans across all 50 states trying to make ends meet. This is NOT business as usual. www.lostfunds.org

Lots of stories across Pennsylvania about NIH grant terminations at Pitt and Penn. This is why speaking out matters. Even Congress critters who generally support the administration get pressured into actually supporting their constituents. www.wesanews.org/health-scien...

The House is matching the Senate in temporarily blocking the OMB rewrite of the Uniform Guidance that would politicize grants (Vought said he doesn’t plan to implement the policy until December, so a ban until Dec. 11 does little to delay his plans): www.statnews.com/2026/09/01/s...

@grantwitness.org now has an official Bluesky account! Give us a follow for up-to-date analyses on all things science grantmaking ⤵️

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Every other country's families & govts invest to feed, nurture, & educate their kids for 18 years. Then, we pick the best and brightest for free & we run them thru an intense acculturation & eval process. Then, we pick the best & brightest of those to work & tax. Amazing deal. Being wrecked.

Not sure if anyone caught this ... Trump administration cancels $15 million in Alzheimer's research grants #MedSky #ScienceSky #AcademicSky #PhdSky @altnih4science.bsky.social @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info @scott-delaney.bsky.social @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

OMB is already asking federal agencies to implement it's harmful federal grantmaking rule. We have until 24 August to submit comments. Read more and take action today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/hnvotzeb

The US is bleeding STEM talent Other countries are beneficiaries www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/b...

The president is refusing to spend taxpayer money assisting Americans suffering from natural disasters solely because their states didn't vote for him. I know there are a thousand scandals at the moment, but this one deserves some more oxygen at every level.

Amongst a number of ICs, we found that many experienced substantially higher declines in success rates than average, including NIMHD (-77%), NCCIH (-53%), NHGRI (-50%), NINR (-47%), NIMH (-47%), NLM (-46%), and NEI (-40%)

New substack with analysis of disparities in success rates at NIH. We look at inequality across institutes, race, and more. Big takeaways …

White House science policy captured headlines this week, with the announcement of awards for its flagship AI program, Congressional hearings, and a Vannevar Bush-esque report "Science: A New Golden Age." We fashioned the news into one big story—incl. key updates at NSF. Reported w/ Kaia Glickman:

🚨Breaking🚨: NIH is terminating health disparities research grants again. This time, they may successfully avoid legal challenges by giving specific reasons for their decisions. One grant so far, more to come. Exclusive @science.org by me and @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

A devastating but lesser known part of federal science attacks is on the federal science advisory system. In a new post, I discuss the state of play on federal advisory committees and how the scientific community is pushing back through independent science efforts. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

The complete list of terminations so far, as well as grants with slow-rolled renewals, and the halt of new funding at grant-witness.us/ahrq-data.html As always, we need your help to report this information! Submit info on NIH or AHRQ terminations at: grant-witness.us/submit-nih-a... 🧪 #AHRQ #NIH

This continues the administration's war on DEI. AHRQ is required by Congress to study health delivery to minorities, women, children, and low-income and elderly populations. Exactly these grants are being killed. The best predictor of termination is having "equity" in a title or abstract. 🧪 #AHRQ

For these grant recipients, terminations came after months - in some cases over a year - of silence. #AHRQ simply failed to renew annual budgets and left researchers hanging. Some are still waiting. Now years of research in healthcare effectiveness are cut off. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... 🧪

AHRQ exists to find ways to deliver better, lower cost healthcare. Trump’s gutting it. Earlier today, we posted what we believe is a complete list of AHRQ terminations from last week. ⤵️ If you have more info, please submit it here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih-a...

New CBO paper: every $1 of federal R&D returns ~$3–$4 of GDP in present value over 30 years www.nber.org/papers/w35472

‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h...

‼️ AHRQ is in the midst of a mass grant termination event. We (at Grant Witness) need your help to launch a tracker ASAP. If you received an AHRQ termination notice--or if you know of someone else who did--please submit information about the grant here: grant-witness.us/submit-nih.h...

TINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.

The great hall at the National Academy of Sciences. The domed ceiling reads: “To science: pilot of industry, conqueror of disease, multiplier of the harvest, explorer of the universe, revealer of nature’s laws, eternal guide to truth”

New: The National Science Foundation is preparing to claw back some $500 million in funds from some of its core science programs in physics, math, computer science, and engineering in order to fund a project from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

In a rare move, a bipartisan group of US senators passed legislation prohibiting the Trump administration from dismantling a multimillion-dollar research project studying ocean currents and climate change impacts. But many other programs crucial to understanding climate change remain at risk.

This week @ucs.org launches a new interactive tool on the staggering 574 attacks on science so far under the Trump Administration. It's hard to convey the full scope and severity of what's happening but this tool helps us make sense of it and what we can all do about it: www.attacksonscience.org

Thousands of biomedical studies are stuck in limbo as NIH drags out renewals months after annual budgets expire. Since 2025, the rate of overdue renewals has TRIPLED. This leaves scientists unable to plan, keep staff employed, or maintain long-term research. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NIH 🧪

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

New @nberpubs: "Before the Exodus? Young Scientists and the Future of US Science" www.nber.org/papers/w3533... "The fraction likely to stay in the United States fell by 21 percentage points" 😔

Update: The flag on Princeton's grants was removed on June 4, around the same time NSF got this letter from Democrats on the House Science Committee, demanding details. democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...

AHRQ is a no-brainer for anyone interested in better, cheaper healthcare. Congress agrees and has funded it accordingly, but Trump & OMB are hellbent on killing it. New AHRQ awards by fiscal year: FY24: 317 (pre-Trump) FY25: 6 FY26: 0 See more of our curves here: grant-witness.us/funding_curv...

Breaking: Judge Jackson blocks NSF from dismantling NCAR. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...

A new proposed rule on federal grantmaking — across agencies, this is much broader than research awards — just dropped. Screenshot from page 48 public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf