What's going on with science funding?

A belated round-up of reporting on *gestures wildly*

Hi! The news has been keeping me very busy these days! And probably you too! Before the calendar flips to May, here’s a round-up of my reporting about the shake-ups in NIH research grants. Presented without comment, I’ll start with the latest story, published today:

• These NIH Grants Were Terminated. Now They’re Back. A handful of scientists whose funding was canceled by the Trump administration are now seeing those decisions reversed — and it’s not always clear why.

• The Quiet Way the NIH Is Stalling Some Research Before It Starts. A number of grant proposals have disappeared from scientists’ review pipelines, with little explanation. Applicants are bewildered and frustrated.

• Faced With Frozen NIH Funding, These Universities Are Trying to Fill the Gap. Scientists have been screaming for a life raft. Some institutions hope internal funds will keep them afloat during the chaos.

• The NIH Is Canceling Grants for Research About Trans People. At least a half-dozen research grants were terminated by the NIH, which said that “programs based on gender identity are often unscientific.”

• NIH Funding Is at a Standstill. This Professor Is Tracking the Delays. More than half of the NIH grant-review meetings that were supposed to take place this year have been canceled, she says. “Without these meetings happening, nothing can get funded.”

What else?

• I delivered a keynote to the Perspectives on Scientific Error Workshop (at the University of Bern, in Switzerland).

• I spoke on a panel at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ conference (in Tempe, Arizona).

• The Campus Files podcast interviewed me about the saga of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.

• In May, I’ll be on a panel at the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science’s conference (online).

Thanks to everyone who’s invited me to speak!

OK, until next time.