University Compact for Academic Excellence: What’s at Stake for Science and Higher Education
The Trump Administration sent the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” offering preferential treatment to nine universities, providing that they were willing to adopt a specific set of policies. The proposal would require institutions to make sweeping commitments, including …
NSF Makes Late Changes to GRFP Solicitation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) released the long-awaited FY26 solicitation for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) on September 26. Established in 1952, the GRFP aims to help ensure the quality, vitality, and strength of the scientific and engineering workforce …
White House Issues FY27 Science and Technology Priorities
On September 23, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued the annual memorandum to executive departments and agencies, outlining the administration’s research and development (R&D) budget priorities for fiscal year …
The Things We’ll Never Know: Spotlighting Canceled Research
On July 8, Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hosted The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants. The event featured more than twenty researchers – covering fields ranging from neuroscience and astrophysics to …
Ivy Hoang Q&A Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner
I’m Dr. Ivy Hoang and I’m a behavioral neuroscientist. I was born and raised in the Bay Area by my Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant parents, and I am a first-generation college attendee and …
FDA and NIH Invite Comments on Animal Models
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At a July 7 Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-NIH meeting on reducing animal testing, officials from both agencies shared plans to reduce the use of animals in research and to increased use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs). NIH Acting Deputy …