U.S. Government Impacts - OBFS Forum

Diversifying station use to bridge federal grant uncertainty

coraj — Wed, 14 May 2025 15:42:11 +0000

What alternative (or new) uses are stations exploring to keep their operations stable with the loss or current uncertainty around federally funded research projects?
More classes? Workshops? Non-research uses? Reduced operations or personnel?

Please share your operations and management ideas for bridging periods of station use uncertainty.

American Data Science Alliance news stories and budget announcements

pfoster — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:28:19 +0000

The American Data Science Alliance is publishing a collection of news stories around policy and budget announcements in higher ed and related federal announcements.

https://raindrop.io/AcademicDataScience/2025-policy-and-budget-announcements-52642813/sort=-created&perpage=30&page=0

Survey results: Impact of federal executive branch policies on postdoctoral researchers

pfoster — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:47:09 +0000

The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) conducted a survey among its members, asking postdoctoral researchers to provide feedback on the impact of federal executive branch policies during the six-week period from January 20 to February 28, 2025.

The survey received responses from 293 postdocs, offering valuable insights into how these federal actions have affected them, which specific actions have had the most significant impact, and which federal agency primarily funds their work.