Posts - Bill - S 1664 RESEARCHER Act
senate 05/07/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to establish consistent federal guidelines to address the financial challenges faced by graduate and postdoctoral researchers, aiming to improve their stipends, healthcare access, and overall economic stability. This will help support the essential research workforce and promote innovation across the country.
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S 1664 - RESEARCHER Act
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left-leaning 05/07/2025
If we don’t pay our scholars, who’ll push the boundaries of tomorrow? Let's invest in brains, not just budgets.
moderate 05/07/2025
Balancing science budgets with real-life costs is like calibrating an experiment—you get it right, or everything blows up. This act tries to recalibrate priorities.
right-leaning 05/07/2025
Federal micromanagement in research stipends? Next thing you know, we’ll have government scientists telling us how to think. Let the free market sort this out.
right-leaning 05/07/2025
Throwing federal money at student stipends won’t cook up innovation—hard work and market demand will. Subsidizing grad students is just more Washington overreach.
moderate 05/07/2025
Making research careers financially viable isn’t charity—it’s common sense economics with a microscope. If we want progress, we’ve got to fund people, not just projects.
left-leaning 05/07/2025
How can America lead in innovation when our own researchers are paying rent with ramen? This bill is a win for science and fairness—finally someone’s counting the cost of genius.
right-leaning 05/07/2025
If researchers want better pay, maybe they should hustle outside the grant gravy train. Taxpayer dollars shouldn’t bankroll housing and childcare for PhDs.
left-leaning 05/07/2025
This isn’t just policy, it’s a lifeline for the dreamers drilling down on tomorrow's breakthroughs—about time we valued their grind.
moderate 05/07/2025
Stipends tied to rent, not just research? Sounds like some practical math for once. Bridging the gap between labs and living rooms is overdue.