NIH Vigil 4-4-2026

This Week’s Updates and Discussion

• Newest “Vigil Auntie” Born to Longtime NIH Vigil Community Members

• No (Shadow) Kings in Science

• Holding Space for Our RIFed Colleagues

• President’s Budget Request is Out

• New NIH Policy Stops Incentive for Grant Reviewers

• One Year of NIH Director Bhattacharya

• NIH Forecast Graveyard

• EPA Leadership Ignored its Own Lawyers in Retaliating Against Dissenters

• Trump’s Council of Advisors in Science and Technology Includes Only one Scientist

• The Small Business Innovation Research Reauthorization is with the President