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Comment by LeroyRaz | Hacker News Reader

I'm consfused. Is this an indefinite or a very temporary thing?

The article says the move is part of a roughly 11 day pause in communication (till the first of Feb) but also describes the reviews as "suspended indefinitely"

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It should be resumed on Feb 1st. I understand why they’re concerned (everyone wants more money) but from what I can tell this is just grant approvals, and it will resume on the first.

Which will have basically no impact on anything important but everyone here is screaming like the sky is falling

People will absolutely lose their labs over this, please stop spreading lies either intentionally or from a place of ignorance.

I agree with the other guy, usually funding is dispersed in months or years at a time, so this shouldn't impact anyone in a meaningful way (unless they're doing gain of function research, in which case their lab will likely stop receiving funding).

Have you spoken to any PI, postdoc, or student, or literally anybody in the academia about this?

Oh good, it’s just grant proposals so only some people will lose their labs due to the idiotic politicization of the NIH. This pushes back study sections by months even if they do resume on Feb 1. You can’t just schedule x leading researchers to review a grant on a whim, it’s planned months in advance.

The pause itself is temporary. But if a study section is canceled, the next possible date is likely months in the future. Tens of busy professionals from other organizations are probably not willing to drop their other commitments. Especially because the cancellation was your fault, not theirs. If decisions are delayed, funding will also be delayed. And if funding is delayed for months, some projects will be canceled and some people will lose their jobs.

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