Your Grant Is Scheduled for an Appendectomy
Rebecca Helton, MA
Starting with grants due January 25, 2017, the NIH will no longer allow most materials you might want to put in your appendix. No longer can information required for the peer review …
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NIH Director, Time to Bring Science to the People American Ninja Warrior Style
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
The best problems in science and medicine are solved over a delicious cocktail. Cocktails release dopamine. Alcohol an awesome preconditioning agent against subsequent stress and is a lot better than …
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Academic Social Media Tangles: The Evolving Tale of Jennifer Berdahl
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
An interesting thing is happening to our northern neighbors. Several prominent academics have been asked by their universities to “ix-nay on the talky-say about work-hey”. Academics are built to gather …
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Being Really You and Really Professional on Social Media
The Edge for Scholars
Is there a difference between what you’d post for your colleagues versus what you’d post for your group of close friends? Is censoring yourself on social media difficult …
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New Data Update on the All of Us Researcher Workbench
All of Us
On Thursday, June 23, the All of Us Research Program announced a new data update to the Researcher Workbench. This refresh includes information donated by participants through January 1, 2022. Using this data, …
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Random Reflections on Getting Published
The Edge for Scholars
Kirsten Bell, associate editor for Critical Public Health, spills the beans on what it takes to get published, including strategic submission dates, how to challenge an editorial decision, and doing …
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A Grant Submission New Year's Resolution
The Edge for Scholars
Half of us make new year’s resolution, but fewer than 1 in 10 succeed. Many of these resolutions involve getting over a tendency to procrastinate. NIH’s Deputy Director for Extramural …
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When the Help You Get Isn't Helpful
Rebecca Helton, MA
Have you ever received unsolicited, off-target advice? Some people just instinctually offer solutions when they see someone in need. But what if their understanding of what’s wrong is, quite …
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New NIH Biosketch Format Required Starting January 25, 2015
The Edge for Scholars
The NIH will begin requiring biosketches in the new, five-page format for all applications submitted on or after January 25, 2015. (Read the announcement.) You can download a sample of the new …
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Myers Briggs Made Useful: Academic Edition
The Edge for Scholars
Ask someone if they would take a personality test and they may first think of strange inkblots and probing questions about their childhood. Today’s personality tests move far beyond …
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