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 …
NIMH Advisory Council Met, Briefly, in June
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The National Advisory Mental Health Council (NAMHC) met on June 17, with new National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Acting Director Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener. The session covered research priorities, policy developments, and strategic planning …
Court Orders NIH to Restore Terminated Grants
On Monday, June 16, a federal judge ruled that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must immediately restore approximately 400 grants that had been abruptly terminated by the Trump administration. The suit challenged NIH’s decision-making process for determining ‘scientific merit’ …
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 …