Megathread about responding to new OMB grant funding rules (feel free to add/link more!) I was collecting these for me, but figured I'd round 'em up for everyone 🧪 What's the problem? arstechnica.com/science/2026... elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any timePeer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.arstechnica.com
Sierra Club has some resources on that: www.sierraclub.org/sierrarise/l...
Letter To the Editor Resource Hubwww.sierraclub.org
More thoughts and a good resource guide from @matthewcort.land bsky.app/profile/matt...
Matthew Cortland (they)1/ 🧵 OMB is advancing a proposed rule that would destroy the American scientific enterprise. Randos keep disagreeing with my 'here's how to fight it' I do this for a living. So before the "how," here's the "who" --- and why you should listen to me on this one.
In this follow-on 🧵, he has a bunch of specific suggestions on how, why, + where to target group comments too:
Matthew Cortland (they)BY SUBMITTING A GROUP COMMENT, YOU CAN BE MORE OF A HEAVY HITTER. "The Comment of 19 PIs whose labs have 497 patents related to the treatment of disease" IS FUCKING LITIGATION GOLD. 🧵
Resources from @standupforscience.net bsky.app/profile/cdel...
Colette Delawalla, PhDALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)
What should you do? WRITE A SPECIFIC, SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT about the OMB proposed changes. And ask your department, school, scientific society, colleagues, and union to do so as well. 🧪 Comment submission link: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...
Regulations.govwww.regulations.govWriting is hard and scary, but people are here to help! 🧪 Guidelines from @elizabethginexi.bsky.social: elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne... Template from @jeremymberg.bsky.social:https://jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.github.io/OMB%20comment%20template-5-30-26.docx
What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practiceelizabethginexi.substack.com
