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In case some did not know the National Science Foundation has been instructed to re-review every grant, paper, document that lists any of these words. If one of these words are found you will no longer receive funding through the government. This applies not only to medical research but psychology, sociology, environmental, anything. The NIH has said that only about 15% of science will now be funded. We are talking about massive progress in
ncsufoxes cancer research, Alzheimer‘s, heart, women‘s health, autism…everything. This will ruin universities & medical research. As a wife of an oncology research scientist this is a terrifying & horrific time. Years of progress will be lost, lots of time & money wasted. All of these cuts are being put into effect immediately. 1w
Rachel.Rencher This news sent me into a spiral the other day. This is horrifying. 1w
ncsufoxes My husband re-read & said the cap will be placed on research at a 15% of funding only. He said that what will hurt is that it won‘t give universities money for things like science equipment with the funds. Either way he feels it‘s going to make a huge impact. 1w
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Librarybelle 😢 1w
AmyG I just read about the NIH. I am horrified. I will never understand any of this. 1w
ncsufoxes @AmyG it‘s basically a war on science & educated people (most people in scientific research have a PhD). 1w
ncsufoxes My son is a junior studying Wildlife Conservation. He applied to be a research assistant for his forestry professor (he‘d recently received a grant to study soil & forest growth in the Northeast). The grant has been put on hold until it‘s reviewed. There has been no timeframe given as to how long the review will take. Important research & important experiences being put on hold. 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @ncsufoxes I work at a law firm and NIH is one of our clients. It has been horrific to watch. Especially learning that women and female are on the no go list but men are not. What utter BS. I am so worried about everything. 1w
ncsufoxes @ChaoticMissAdventures my husband runs a lab at NCI (he is a contractor) in oncology research. He said daily it‘s exhausting trying to do work that he has funding for & basically not knowing what will happen day to day. The only two words missing are white & male. I‘m hoping that people keep pushing back & politicians take a stand. This will hurt training of future doctors, scientists, universities will suffer. It‘s a mess. 1w
AmyG I get it, the war on science and education. To keep the people ignorant so they can be easily manipulated. It‘s hard to wrap my head around in today‘s day and age. The power of greed, piwer and control…..my precious. A mess is a gross understatement. I am so sorry for us all. (edited) 1w
ncsufoxes Things most people don‘t realize is NIH brings in about twice what it spends. NIH has the ability to do their own clinical trials to develop drugs/treatments which then they can sell. NIH funds research grants to pharmaceutical companies to research rare diseases (especially childhood cancers). Universities that do research can partner with pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs. When my husband was doing his post doc at UCSD his research was 1w
ncsufoxes bought by a pharmaceutical company to develop into a drug for pancreatic cancer (he did not get any of the profits & the university doesn‘t make millions like the companies do). New & innovative research comes from partnerships between NIH/universities/pharmaceutical companies (unfortunately most big pharma companies don‘t want to spend money on things that are risky & don‘t give them big profits). Gov‘t funded research keeps our drug costs lower 1w
ncsufoxes This is all a move to privatize which will make our medications & treatments more expensive as well as our healthcare. NIH researchers are also making vastly less money than if they were in the private sector. They do it so they can do research that is unbiased & do work that is innovative, ground breaking. This will set the US behind significantly compared to other countries. The US will no longer be a leader in medical & biomedical research 1w
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