Inside the Battle Over OMB’s Shocking Proposed Rule Changes: How Top US Chefs Are Fighting Back on Research Funding
To readers of this article who are planning to submit comments on the OMB proposals, please think if the apparently disruptive OMB proposals are all bad for the scholarly ecosystem. We definitely shouldn’t fight old injustice by introducing new injustice. But with the systemic changes the scholarly ecosystem needs to overcome its APC-related biases, shouldn’t we capitalize on the opportunity the OMB is giving us to mend and mold our individual selves?
Those of you who are worried about the future of publishing, let me tell you a quick story. In January 2025, we were very anxious about the end to USAID’s support in Bangladesh, along with the rest of the Global South. How have Bangladesh’s people, NGOs, and development workers been surviving over the past 1.5 years? It seems that the now-closed USAID was indeed important for us (as it provided almost US$ 400 million a year), but we have moved on by adapting to the situations in our own ways.
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