can you imagine having been awarded a highly competitive grant to carry out a project you've been dreaming of doing for 10 years on a major global pathogen that still kills hundreds of thousands every year. and then halfway through -- #UKRIcuts #ODAcuts #GCRF #gcrfcuts 1/n
have your funding taken away!? this just happened to me. this just happened to us @djimdeab @tonidara @SunilDogga @amtalman. this just happened to HUNDREDS of researchers. devastating for people, for trust, for partnerships, and for science. #UKRIcuts #ODAcuts #GCRF #gcrfcuts 2/n
what kind of funding was it you wonder? maybe from a small charity that has collapsed? NO. unprecedented post-award, take-the-money-back -- this is from the UK's primary funding institutions @UKRI_News @The_MRC. #UKRIcuts #ODAcuts #GCRF #gcrfcuts 3/n
in the USA, this would be like having your NIH R01 budget slashed by 70% with no warning, and no promise that this is the end of it. these awards support real people."ask for a reconsideration only if research involves human subjects". people employed on the grant DON'T COUNT 4/n
why did this happen? i don't know. apparently UK government can't find £120M to support research that benefits global health, but can find £16B for defense spending. wtaf is going on? global health partnerships are more obviously critical than ever before. #UKRIcuts #ODAcuts 5/n
this is so incredibly short sighted and only the tip of the iceberg of what these cuts will do to real people all around the world. please read more about this and if you think it is as horrible as it truly is. please sign these petitions below if you are in the UK #ODAcuts 6/n
please RT! please sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5800… and here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5610… and here: reverseodacuts.wordpress.com/letter/ 7/n #UKRIcuts #ODAcuts #GCRF #gcrfcuts
science in my group is hugely enriched by our collaborators all across Africa, and frankly, we couldn't do any of our science without them. i never want to stop working in partnership with African scientists and i sincerely apologize for this betrayal by UK gov 8/n #ODAcuts
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