The National Institutes of Health has implemented a freeze on travel, meetings, and hiring, alarming researchers who depend on federal funding. Many scholars report canceled meetings critical for funding decisions, fearing such delays could hinder vital NIH projects. While some experts view this pause as a common transition during changes in administration, others worry it signals broader discontent with scientific research, especially under a president known for questioning established scientific consensus on issues like COVID-19 and climate change. The future of NIH funding and scientific advancement hangs in the balance as new leadership takes shape.
If they leave, it's not like there is much chance they're coming back to that, or a similar position. That expertise is just gone as they are forced to move onto something else to pay the bills.
I suspect that folks outside the sciences don't understand just how disruptive even a short delay in funding decisions can be. This is how we lose huge amounts of scientific capacity.
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