Katie Stelling
@katiestelling.bsky.social
arctic paleoclimate/oceanography, ice sheets, & forams | phd student at the uw |ms oregon state| wwu geology alum | nsf graduate research fellow |🌲🌊🧶📷🚲 | she/her 🌈
I love seeing what random objects are left in seminar rooms to be used as pointers… a broken fishing rod? A toy arrow, a literal stick from a tree (still with bark)????
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I love seeing what random objects are left in seminar rooms to be used as pointers… a broken fishing rod? A toy arrow, a literal stick from a tree (still with bark)????
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🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
July 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
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As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc
NOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System ScienceNOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Progra...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc
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All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
All NSF GRFPs to students choosing to attend Harvard in the Fall were just terminated
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🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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THE NSB (NSF Board) announced the existence and exploration of a pilot program to privatize the GRFP graduate fellowship (my wording). This includes branding opportunities for the companies sponsoring fellowships. This is short sighted and self-destructive, and threatens the mission of the NSF. 1/
The NSB’s 494th meeting (5/7/25) resurrected a proposal (from the National Defense Education Act of 1958) to solicit public-private partners to provide funds to HMs, “NDEA 2.0” The >3,000 GRFP HMs certainly deserve funding, but it would be far better to convert some of them to NSF GRFP awards. 3/4
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
THE NSB (NSF Board) announced the existence and exploration of a pilot program to privatize the GRFP graduate fellowship (my wording). This includes branding opportunities for the companies sponsoring fellowships. This is short sighted and self-destructive, and threatens the mission of the NSF. 1/
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1. After getting some further insight into changes at NSF (thanks to those who reached out), I deleted a previous post where I tried to make sense of Cheatham's memo as reported in the Science story below.
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
www.science.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
1. After getting some further insight into changes at NSF (thanks to those who reached out), I deleted a previous post where I tried to make sense of Cheatham's memo as reported in the Science story below.
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A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies.
TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.
TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.
May 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies.
TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.
TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.
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I’m really uncertain what this means for future geoscience research funded by NSF.
May 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’m really uncertain what this means for future geoscience research funded by NSF.
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NEWS: I just led 112 of my colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on their funding freeze of the National Science Foundation.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
May 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEWS: I just led 112 of my colleagues in demanding answers from the Trump Administration on their funding freeze of the National Science Foundation.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
Cutting off NSF funding threatens vital research, stalls innovation, and risks ceding global scientific leadership to China.
Friendly reminder before you share articles about what's going at NSF with other non-scientists in your life - check that they're not behind a pay wall!
Some of the articles put out by scientific journals are only available if you have institutional access and are inaccessible to most other people!
Some of the articles put out by scientific journals are only available if you have institutional access and are inaccessible to most other people!
May 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Friendly reminder before you share articles about what's going at NSF with other non-scientists in your life - check that they're not behind a pay wall!
Some of the articles put out by scientific journals are only available if you have institutional access and are inaccessible to most other people!
Some of the articles put out by scientific journals are only available if you have institutional access and are inaccessible to most other people!
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The President DOES NOT have the right to break laws by destroying agencies created by Congress. We need to challenge these actions in court and demand media and our representatives acknowledge the laws.
🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired.
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.”
High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF
Take Action | Save NSF
www.savensf.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President DOES NOT have the right to break laws by destroying agencies created by Congress. We need to challenge these actions in court and demand media and our representatives acknowledge the laws.
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The National Science Foundation is planning to abolish dozens of divisions. eos.org/research-and...
NSF Plans to Abolish Divisions - Eos
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to abolish dozens of divisions across all eight of its directorates and reduce the number of programs within those divisions, according to Science. A s...
eos.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The National Science Foundation is planning to abolish dozens of divisions. eos.org/research-and...
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There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵
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Hey frens! @agu.org has these great template letters you can send your representaives to ask them to support funding to NSF and NASA. Make sure to quickly personalize it with your name! agu.quorum.us/campaign/121...
Ask Your Legislators to Sign on to Letters in Support of NSF and NASA
Use this opportunity to stop federal science cuts
agu.quorum.us
May 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hey frens! @agu.org has these great template letters you can send your representaives to ask them to support funding to NSF and NASA. Make sure to quickly personalize it with your name! agu.quorum.us/campaign/121...
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I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
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Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
April 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, it's official. We just received notice that all authors on the Sixth National Climate Assessment have just been released from their roles.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
The NCA is a vital, Congressionally mandated resource for our nation as we prepare for the impacts of climate change. This is a huge loss.
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Document posted by National Science Foundation program director on LinkedIn says not only that grants are being terminated by DOGE but that they're being deleted from databases. Presumably to make it difficult or even impossible to undo DOGE's illegal actions.
April 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Document posted by National Science Foundation program director on LinkedIn says not only that grants are being terminated by DOGE but that they're being deleted from databases. Presumably to make it difficult or even impossible to undo DOGE's illegal actions.
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Senator Maria Cantwell:
“[NSF’s] 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE.
This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its adversaries.”
“[NSF’s] 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE.
This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its adversaries.”
Sen. Maria Cantwell on X: "The National Science Foundation 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE. This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its" / X
The National Science Foundation 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE. This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its
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April 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Senator Maria Cantwell:
“[NSF’s] 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE.
This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its adversaries.”
“[NSF’s] 55 percent budget cut is a deliberate dismemberment of America's innovation engine by Russell Vought and DOGE.
This is exactly the type of behavior you would expect from someone seeking to make America weaker and less competitive in the face of its adversaries.”
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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Holy shit.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted the awarding of previously approved proposals to ensure compliance with presidential directives following the arrival of DOGE at the science funding agency.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted the awarding of previously approved proposals to ensure compliance with presidential directives following the arrival of DOGE at the science funding agency.
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Holy shit.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted the awarding of previously approved proposals to ensure compliance with presidential directives following the arrival of DOGE at the science funding agency.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted the awarding of previously approved proposals to ensure compliance with presidential directives following the arrival of DOGE at the science funding agency.
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🚨 New ocean sediment drilling report
INSTAAR Fellow ANNE JENNINGS co-led IODP #Exp400, which collected cores off the NW Greenland glaciated margin in 2023... incl one 978m (3209ft) long! The team's (ongoing) work spans a lot of ice sheet & ocean history publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...
INSTAAR Fellow ANNE JENNINGS co-led IODP #Exp400, which collected cores off the NW Greenland glaciated margin in 2023... incl one 978m (3209ft) long! The team's (ongoing) work spans a lot of ice sheet & ocean history publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...
April 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🚨 New ocean sediment drilling report
INSTAAR Fellow ANNE JENNINGS co-led IODP #Exp400, which collected cores off the NW Greenland glaciated margin in 2023... incl one 978m (3209ft) long! The team's (ongoing) work spans a lot of ice sheet & ocean history publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...
INSTAAR Fellow ANNE JENNINGS co-led IODP #Exp400, which collected cores off the NW Greenland glaciated margin in 2023... incl one 978m (3209ft) long! The team's (ongoing) work spans a lot of ice sheet & ocean history publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...
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Outrage doesn’t convey how many of us feel anymore
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices, according to internal documents obtained by CNN.
Trump’s draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research | CNN
The move would devastate weather and climate research even as weather is becoming more erratic and extreme, and would cripple the US industries — including agriculture — that depend on free, accurate ...
www.cnn.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Outrage doesn’t convey how many of us feel anymore
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People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies.
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
www.propublica.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies.
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/noaa...
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In honor of Women's History Month observed in March, please read about the history of Women in Polar Research: www.thearcticinstitute.org/women-polar-...
Women in Polar Research: A Brief History
This article explores the history of women in research working in the Arctic/Antarctic, drawing connections to women in polar research today.
www.thearcticinstitute.org
March 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In honor of Women's History Month observed in March, please read about the history of Women in Polar Research: www.thearcticinstitute.org/women-polar-...