NIH Vigil 5/30/26

This Week’s Updates and Discussion

  • The Good

    • Fact Check Jay, Parts 3 & 4

    • HEIST, documentary about federal workers resisting the dismantling of federal agencies, earns Emmy nomination

    • NIH community honors displaced NIAID leaders

    • Small business science funding is back

  • The Bad

    • Fired probationary workers haven't "moved on"

    • NSF secretly froze new grants to select research universities

    • NIH accelerates multi-year funding, shrinking pool for new awards

  • The Ugly

    • OPM proposal requires all federal employees to sign NDAs

    • OMB proposes giving political appointees final say over ALL research grants

  • Your Power in Action

  • Upcoming Events

A speaker at the vigil with the merch table in the background
A young girl speaks at the vigil
A vigil attendees holds up a "Save Our Science" protest sign with the vigil speaker facing them
A man holding a vigil program and wearing 27 UNIHTED friendship bracelets and a T-shirt that says "Evidence-Based Outrage"
While a woman speaks at the vigil, the man running the soundboard looks on
A button that says "Serve ALL the People"
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