#defendresearch — Public Fediverse posts

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities. It’s an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that’s a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back."
https://apnews.com/article/california-research-grants-terminated-keywords-lawsuit-a0ddb01413ecb68d9668490a20be6207

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"#AHRQ Has Begun Canceling Research Grants. Here's What We Know."
https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/ahrq-has-begun-canceling-research

"Researchers across the country are receiving official notices that AHRQ [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality] is ending grants that had already gone months without funding. AcademyHealth is working to document the scope of these cancellations, support affected researchers, and ensure policymakers understand the consequences."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Did U.S. scrutiny of foreign research drive prominent geneticist to decline authorship?"
https://www.science.org/content/article/did-u-s-scrutiny-foreign-research-drive-prominent-geneticist-decline-authorship
(#paywalled)

All five US co-authors of a paper with both US and Chinese funding ask to be removed from the author list and moved to the acknowledgments section.

"The outcome offers an example of the gymnastics many researchers are contemplating as they try to cope with growing U.S. government scrutiny of research collaborations, especially those with Chinese institutions."

#China #Collaboration #DefendResearch #Funding #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF "plans to claw back around US$500 million that has already been distributed to grant-making divisions". The money will go instead to an unnamed project of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02135-x

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "How the American Diabetes Association tried to hide a critical editorial published in its own journal—to no avail."
https://prospect.org/2026/07/10/appeasing-trump-american-diabetes-association-nih-dei/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "How the American Diabetes Association tried to hide a critical editorial published in its own journal—to no avail."
https://prospect.org/2026/07/10/appeasing-trump-american-diabetes-association-nih-dei/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion
(#paywalled)

"The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge."

Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/*

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion
(#paywalled)

"The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge."

Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/*

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion
(#paywalled)

"The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge."

Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/*

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"White House deletes thousands of web pages about energy conservation as heatwave slams US."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/961449/white-house-mamdani-heatwave-deletion
(#paywalled)

"The deletions by the Trump administration are broad and indiscriminate. While pages that would support Mamdani’s request to lower thermostats were deleted, so too were pages about water conservation, types of insulation, and its solar decathlon challenge."

Here are preservation copies of the deleted pages in the Internet Archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/*

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. So far, so good. But reinstating those #NEH grants is a mess, especially when grantees have incompatible new commitments.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/06/30/neh-asks-grant-recipients-if-they-still-want

PS: When these complexities mean the grants can't be reinstated, the original #DOGE cuts win. This is like many other #Trump actions: move fast and break things; some cannot be repaired.

#DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

EDIT. I originally linked to the wrong article. Just fixed the link.

Update. So far, so good. But reinstating those #NEH grants is a mess, especially when grantees have incompatible new commitments.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2026/06/30/neh-asks-grant-recipients-if-they-still-want

PS: When these complexities mean the grants can't be reinstated, the original #DOGE cuts win. This is like many other #Trump actions: move fast and break things; some cannot be repaired.

#DefendResearch #Funding #Humanities #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

EDIT. I originally linked to the wrong article. Just fixed the link.

The #NSF is shifting significant amounts of money from research grants to tech investments.
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say
(#paywalled)

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The #NSF is shifting significant amounts of money from research grants to tech investments.
https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say
(#paywalled)

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Inside the new political screening that’s stalling #NIH grants."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01924-8

"Mandatory reviews by [political appointees] and checks for 235 disfavoured terms have left hundreds of vetted grant applications in administrative limbo."

Here's the Nature list of "disfavored terms" that trigger slow-walking and political scrutiny of grant applications.
https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-026-01924-8/52836226

Also see the similar list of "banned words" compiled last year by #PENAmerica (apparently last updated Dec 2025).
https://pen.org/banned-words-list/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Great news for great service:

The Data Rescue Project just won the 2026 "Documents to the People" Award from the #ALA, #GODORT, and #ProQuest.
https://www.datarescueproject.org/dttp-award/

#Censorship #Data #DataRescueProject #DRP #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Great news for great service:

The Data Rescue Project just won the 2026 "Documents to the People" Award from the #ALA, #GODORT, and #ProQuest.
https://www.datarescueproject.org/dttp-award/

#Censorship #Data #DataRescueProject #DRP #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Great news for great service:

The Data Rescue Project just won the 2026 "Documents to the People" Award from the #ALA, #GODORT, and #ProQuest.
https://www.datarescueproject.org/dttp-award/

#Censorship #Data #DataRescueProject #DRP #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Great news for great service:

The Data Rescue Project just won the 2026 "Documents to the People" Award from the #ALA, #GODORT, and #ProQuest.
https://www.datarescueproject.org/dttp-award/

#Censorship #Data #DataRescueProject #DRP #DefendResearch #Preservation #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

"Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

"Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

"Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/uss-climate-gov-site-taken-down-by-trump-relaunched-by-nonprofit/

"Climate.us has now restored everything taken down by the government."

#Censorship #Climate #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. The #CDC-censored research vindicating #COVID #vaccines has now been published in 𝘑𝘈𝘔𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯:

"Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults Using a Test-Negative Design."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850668

Also see the Washington Post article on its censorship and publication.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/23/cdcs-chief-blocked-covid-vaccine-study-now-its-top-medical-journal/
(#paywalled)

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #StreisandEffect #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #Vaccines

Update. The #CDC-censored research vindicating #COVID #vaccines has now been published in 𝘑𝘈𝘔𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯:

"Interim Estimated Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults Using a Test-Negative Design."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850668

Also see the Washington Post article on its censorship and publication.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/23/cdcs-chief-blocked-covid-vaccine-study-now-its-top-medical-journal/
(#paywalled)

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Medicine #StreisandEffect #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #Vaccines

Update. More here:

"FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database."
https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/fincen-plans-to-delete-data-on-u-s-companies-from-beneficial-ownership-database/

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. More here:

"FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database."
https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/fincen-plans-to-delete-data-on-u-s-companies-from-beneficial-ownership-database/

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. More here:

"FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database."
https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/fincen-plans-to-delete-data-on-u-s-companies-from-beneficial-ownership-database/

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. More here:

"FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database."
https://www.icij.org/news/2025/09/fincen-plans-to-delete-data-on-u-s-companies-from-beneficial-ownership-database/

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data.

"Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats

PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects.

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data.

"Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats

PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects.

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data.

"Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats

PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects.

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The US used to require that corporations disclose the true identities of their beneficial owners (reducing the corrupt influence of shell companies) and kept a database of the info. Now the Trump admin is refusing to enforce the rule and deleting the data.

"Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats."
https://newrepublic.com/article/211855/republicans-making-world-safe-kleptocrats

PS: Because the database was never #OpenAccess -- basically, just for law enforcement officials -- it's probably beyond the reach of data rescue projects.

#Data #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update with rare good news:

"Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/ocean-monitoring-system-reversal-trump-administration

Here's the #NSF announcement.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/update-ocean-observatories-initiative

Sometimes protests work.

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update with rare good news:

"Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/ocean-monitoring-system-reversal-trump-administration

Here's the #NSF announcement.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/update-ocean-observatories-initiative

Sometimes protests work.

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US lawmakers fight Trump cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/ocean-monitoring-cuts-trump

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "US lawmakers fight Trump cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/ocean-monitoring-cuts-trump

#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics