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NSF's Higher Ed Research 'Hit List': Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push "a far-left ideology." Free speech advocates
and researchers say it's a scare tactic that undermines scientific inquiry.
USDA
Reinstates Scholarship Program for HBCU Students: On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened applications to the 1890 Scholars Program, which provides federal scholarships to agriculture
students at historically Black land-grant institutions.
The
Toxic (but Respectful Workplace): Making sense of the dissonant pleasures and frustrations of working in higher ed.
Musk
push to downsize federal workforce runs into Cabinet roadblock:
Elon
Musk's push to reduce the federal workforce is running into headwinds as Senate-confirmed Cabinet and agency officials block his immediate efforts to carry out the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) plans.
Trump
pitches 'gold card' as replacement for EB5 investor visa: The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would be revamping the U.S. investor visa, increasing the funds required to secure the status while dubbing the new option a "gold
card." Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters in the Oval Office that the Trump administration would be ending the existing EB5 visa program, while President Trump boasted the new visa would bolster the economy. "And wealthy people will be coming
into our country by buying this card. They'll be wealthy, and they'll be successful,. . . "
RFK
Jr. targets childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review of the country's childhood chronic disease crisis, claiming
they've been "insufficiently scrutinized" and are addictive. Childhood psychiatrists insist the drugs, for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression, are nonaddictive and proven safe and say they are more concerned about young Americans
unable to access psychiatric medications that could help.
NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order (Nature) Some legal scholars say this 'backdoor' approach to freezing
funding is illegal. That's because the US Constitution gives Congress, not the president or his team, the power to appropriate funds, says David Super, an administrative-law specialist at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC. Blocking "advisory-committee
meetings that are legally required to make payments is no different in effect than simply refusing to sign contracts or issue checks", he says. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00540-2
Scientists warn of long-term damage as Trump's orders slow research (Washington Post) Biomedical research in America hasn't been halted
outright. But the Trump administration's interference with the most routine operations of the world's premier funder of that work has gummed up the system for selecting and funding new science projects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/22/trump-research-nih-federal-register/
Judge Extends Block on N.I.H. Medical Research Cuts (New York Times) A federal judge on Friday agreed to extend an order blocking the National
Institutes of Health from reducing grant funding to institutions conducting medical and scientific research until she could come to a more lasting decision. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/judge-nih-medical-research-cuts-universities.html
More NIH job cuts coming? Agency's scientists already reeling after week of firings (Science) Already bruised by the first round of firings
of federal workers by President Donald Trump's administration, employees at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) faced more bad news. NIH's 27 institute directors were told this week the agency must cut staffing back to 2019 levels, or at least 10% below
its 2024 tally, according to two sources. All told, according to an authoritative NIH source, the biomedical agency has in recent days lost about 1200 employees, or just over 5% of its workforce of some 20,000 staff, as part of the firings of "probationary"
employees with less than 1 or 2 years in their current position. They range from administrative staff who handle outside grants to NIH lab managers, staff scientists, and tenure-track investigators. The blows have left employees shaken and wondering about
the future. https://www.science.org/content/article/more-nih-job-cuts-coming-agency-scientists-already-reeling-after-week-firings
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos (Science) https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-early-career-researchers-struggling-amid-chaos
The Rise (and Fall?) of the National Science Foundation (The Chronicle) Under the Trump administration, the same system that boosted the
United States to scientific dominance is being recklessly dismantled. In the past few weeks, the newly created Department of Government Efficiency has ordered the NSF to reduce its staff by 25-50 percent to meet strict new budget targets. They have already
fired 168 workers . Even more alarming, the administration is considering
slashing the NSF's $9-billion budget to just $3-4 billion, jeopardizing funding for thousands of scientists and their research. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-national-science-foundation
Last time Congress saved science from Trump's cuts. Don't bet on it this time (Chemistry World) 'It is a very, very different setup now,'
Zimmermann explains. 'The big difference this time around is that the executive branch appears to have used "impoundment" to take the purse strings from Congress and we've seen a lot of noise from the top Democrats on the appropriations committees in the House
and the Senate saying what's the point of doing appropriations if they are no longer actually going to be enacted.' This is the result of sweeping
executive orders directing agencies to withhold funding provided by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, after taking office on 20 January. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/last-time-congress-saved-science-from-trumps-cuts-dont-bet-on-it-this-time/4021029.article
As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight (New York Times) At a conference in Boston, the nation's scientists
commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/climate/trump-science-funding-cuts.html
$50K threshold for college foreign gift reporting passes House panel (Higher Ed Dive) The measure would lower the reporting floor from $250,000
and require a waiver for colleges to enter contracts with countries of concern like China and Russia. https://www.highereddive.com/news/50k-threshold-college-foreign-gift-reporting-passes-house-panel/740011/
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Gloria W. Greene, CRA, MA
SRAI Immediate Past-President 2024-26
SRAI Distinguished Faculty
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Assistant Vice President, Contracts and Grants and Research Compliance
Office of The Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Huntsville, A:L 35899
256-824-2657
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SRAI Distinguished Faculty
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Assistant Vice President, Contracts and Grants and Research Compliance
Office of The Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Huntsville, A:L 35899
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From: Gloria Greene
Subject: In the Research News
The
NSF's Higher Ed Research 'Hit List': Senator Ted Cruz has released a database of more than 3,400 National Science Foundation grants he believes push "a far-left ideology." Free speech advocates
and researchers say it's a scare tactic that undermines scientific inquiry.
USDA
Reinstates Scholarship Program for HBCU Students: On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reopened applications to the 1890 Scholars Program, which provides federal scholarships to agriculture
students at historically Black land-grant institutions.
The
Toxic (but Respectful Workplace): Making sense of the dissonant pleasures and frustrations of working in higher ed.
Musk
push to downsize federal workforce runs into Cabinet roadblock:
Elon
Musk's push to reduce the federal workforce is running into headwinds as Senate-confirmed Cabinet and agency officials block his immediate efforts to carry out the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) plans.
Trump
pitches 'gold card' as replacement for EB5 investor visa: The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would be revamping the U.S. investor visa, increasing the funds required to secure the status while dubbing the new option a "gold
card." Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters in the Oval Office that the Trump administration would be ending the existing EB5 visa program, while President Trump boasted the new visa would bolster the economy. "And wealthy people will be coming
into our country by buying this card. They'll be wealthy, and they'll be successful,. . . "
RFK
Jr. targets childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made psychiatric medications a focus of his review of the country's childhood chronic disease crisis, claiming
they've been "insufficiently scrutinized" and are addictive. Childhood psychiatrists insist the drugs, for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression, are nonaddictive and proven safe and say they are more concerned about young Americans
unable to access psychiatric medications that could help.
NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order (Nature) Some legal scholars say this 'backdoor' approach to freezing
funding is illegal. That's because the US Constitution gives Congress, not the president or his team, the power to appropriate funds, says David Super, an administrative-law specialist at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC. Blocking "advisory-committee
meetings that are legally required to make payments is no different in effect than simply refusing to sign contracts or issue checks", he says. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00540-2
Scientists warn of long-term damage as Trump's orders slow research (Washington Post) Biomedical research in America hasn't been halted
outright. But the Trump administration's interference with the most routine operations of the world's premier funder of that work has gummed up the system for selecting and funding new science projects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/02/22/trump-research-nih-federal-register/
Judge Extends Block on N.I.H. Medical Research Cuts (New York Times) A federal judge on Friday agreed to extend an order blocking the National
Institutes of Health from reducing grant funding to institutions conducting medical and scientific research until she could come to a more lasting decision. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/judge-nih-medical-research-cuts-universities.html
More NIH job cuts coming? Agency's scientists already reeling after week of firings (Science) Already bruised by the first round of firings
of federal workers by President Donald Trump's administration, employees at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) faced more bad news. NIH's 27 institute directors were told this week the agency must cut staffing back to 2019 levels, or at least 10% below
its 2024 tally, according to two sources. All told, according to an authoritative NIH source, the biomedical agency has in recent days lost about 1200 employees, or just over 5% of its workforce of some 20,000 staff, as part of the firings of "probationary"
employees with less than 1 or 2 years in their current position. They range from administrative staff who handle outside grants to NIH lab managers, staff scientists, and tenure-track investigators. The blows have left employees shaken and wondering about
the future. https://www.science.org/content/article/more-nih-job-cuts-coming-agency-scientists-already-reeling-after-week-firings
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos (Science) https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-early-career-researchers-struggling-amid-chaos
The Rise (and Fall?) of the National Science Foundation (The Chronicle) Under the Trump administration, the same system that boosted the
United States to scientific dominance is being recklessly dismantled. In the past few weeks, the newly created Department of Government Efficiency has ordered the NSF to reduce its staff by 25-50 percent to meet strict new budget targets. They have already
fired 168 workers . Even more alarming, the administration is considering
slashing the NSF's $9-billion budget to just $3-4 billion, jeopardizing funding for thousands of scientists and their research. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-national-science-foundation
Last time Congress saved science from Trump's cuts. Don't bet on it this time (Chemistry World) 'It is a very, very different setup now,'
Zimmermann explains. 'The big difference this time around is that the executive branch appears to have used "impoundment" to take the purse strings from Congress and we've seen a lot of noise from the top Democrats on the appropriations committees in the House
and the Senate saying what's the point of doing appropriations if they are no longer actually going to be enacted.' This is the result of sweeping
executive orders directing agencies to withhold funding provided by Congress and signed into law by President Trump, after taking office on 20 January. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/last-time-congress-saved-science-from-trumps-cuts-dont-bet-on-it-this-time/4021029.article
As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight (New York Times) At a conference in Boston, the nation's scientists
commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/climate/trump-science-funding-cuts.html
$50K threshold for college foreign gift reporting passes House panel (Higher Ed Dive) The measure would lower the reporting floor from $250,000
and require a waiver for colleges to enter contracts with countries of concern like China and Russia. https://www.highereddive.com/news/50k-threshold-college-foreign-gift-reporting-passes-house-panel/740011/
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Gloria W. Greene, CRA, MA
SRAI Immediate Past-President 2024-26
SRAI Distinguished Faculty
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Assistant Vice President, Contracts and Grants and Research Compliance
Office of The Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Huntsville, A:L 35899
256-824-2657
xxxxxx@uah.edu
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Thank you, Linda.
I cannot tell you how many times I wanted to reach out to a member only to see that their profile is hidden.
Gloria
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Gloria W. Greene, CRA, MA
SRAI Immediate Past-President 2024-26
SRAI Distinguished Faculty
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Assistant Vice President, Contracts and Grants and Research Compliance
Office of The Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Huntsville, A:L 35899
256-824-2657
xxxxxx@uah.edu
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Sent: 02-25-2025 12:49 PM
From: Linda Dement
Subject: Online Directory - is your profile hidden?
Hello Fellow Research Administrators!
Have you wanted to follow up with someone after a call or an annual meeting - but can't find them on the SRAI Member directory? Their profile may be hidden and yours might be too? If your profile setting is set
to private, you won't be found, limiting networking opportunities.
If you want to check or change your settings,
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Click on your photo and go to your profile,
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Click on the pencil to edit contact details.
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Select Privacy in the blue menu box
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Under personal information, toggle off or on the checkbox for "show my personal info (like name, title, etc.) in online directory"
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Customize the information you want to share in the next few sections
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Have a wonderful day.
Linda
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Linda Dement, CRA
Western Section President
SRAI Ambassador
Grant and Finance Program Manager | Grants & Contracts Administration
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason
xxxxxx@benaroyaresearch.org
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