Thank you to @mildobserver.bsky.social from SF Public Press for highlighting the challenges facing researchers in today’s uncertain funding environment. Check out the piece featuring SPG at UCSF leader @sneharao.bsky.social and our colleague @erinmorrow.bsky.social from @scipolucla.bsky.social!
Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.
The best group!!! Now is a great time to join us if you’re interested in learning about how to engage in advocacy and policy as a scientist!
New and returning members of the Science Policy Group at UCSF gather for a picnic around the trees in Koret Quad, Mission Bay campus.
New and returning members of the Science Policy Group at UCSF engage in discussion about science policy issues.
New and returning members of the Science Policy Group at UCSF stand around a whiteboard posted with sticky notes of science policy issues and event ideas.
SPG hosted our annual Welcome Picnic last week - what an energizing start to the new year! Our group brainstorm/jam board of policy issues and ideas shows a teaser of some of our upcoming events… 👀
Watch this space to check out the new initiatives our members cook up this year!
Image for a McClintock Letters writing workshop tomorrow at 12p ET, hosted by Dr. Katherine Xue at UC Irvine, who has written for the New Yorker. She will walk participants through how to write and pitch your op-ed!
There's still time to write a McClintock Letter in support of federal funding of research!
Interested and don't know where to start?
Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Are you an early career scientist impacted by federal research funding cuts? We want to hear your views and stories! Impacts survey: https://bit.ly/3Z1aFPj Stories survey: https://bit.ly/3Sghx7R. Open May 23 - June 6, 2025.
As citizens concerned about the future #STEM #workforce, we want to hear stories and impacts of #federal #funding cuts on early career #scientists. Take the surveys by June 6! @scienceforgood.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io
Impacts survey: bit.ly/3Z1aFPj
Stories survey: bit.ly/3Sghx7R
#savescience
Great feature! We are so lucky to have collaborators from @pspdg.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social @spgatucsf.bsky.social @scipolnotredame.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @scopepolicy.bsky.social & more to make #McClintockLetters possible
Still need scientists from #Oklahoma and #Montana, too! @sciforgood.bsky.social @spgatucsf.bsky.social @scipolnotredame.bsky.social @scipolucla.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social @gator-pase.bsky.social @scopepolicy.bsky.social @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
Are you interested in writing for the McClintock Letters, but aren't sure where to start?
Join us for an Op-Ed workshop led by author and NYT reporter and editor Clay Risen @risenc.bsky.social this Wednesday, May 7th at 4pm ET. Register here to attend on Zoom: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
HUGE shoutout to @cornellasap.bsky.social @pspdg.bsky.social @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social @sciforgood.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social and many many others for leading this effort!
📣 Federally funded scientists!
Now more than ever before, it is critical that we bridge the gap btw scientists & the community to rebuild trust & address misinformation. Join the national #McClintockLetters movement to #DefendResearch, improve #SciComm, & share your scientific story! ⤵️
