u/PriorityAcrobatic645

I read in the New York Times article yesterday that staffing levels at some ICs are so bad that career scientists are having to step in to help process grants. I also had a meeting with a PO at NIMH earlier this week where I was told they are recommending that every A0 grant go in for a resubmission because even some < 5th percentile grants might not get out the door this fiscal year. Can any POs or GMSs give those of us in the extramural community a sense of just how bad things really are staffing wise and which ICs are hardest hit right now? My research group has 4 grants that in normal times would be funded this year that have just been lingering and I'm starting to panic that we really might not see any of them get funded.