Growing Opportunities: Research Funding & Awards Bulletin Board

The Edge for Scholars

Curated list of biomedical funding opportunities, with emphasis on early career researchers, pilot research, and foundation sponsors. Check back often.

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Unpacking Mental Health: A Book Review

Scott Pearson

The words “mental health” and “mental illness” are frequently thrown around these days in both society and academe. However, their true nature is rarely defined or understood. Much of our …

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Advice for (New) Assistant Professors Extravaganza

Mirya Holman, PhD

Five rules that I wish I had known.

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Summer Short Course with the All of Us Research Program (July 17-21)

All of Us

Make the most of the Researcher Workbench with this course.

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NIH's New Data Sharing Policy: Not So Scary

Rebecca Helton, MA

You're probably already doing some of what's required.

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The Art of Being Helpful: Mentor vs. Coach vs. Advisor vs. Sponsor

Antonius Tsai, MBA

Four ways of helping a mentee.

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Lessons Learned While Building a Career: Grants

Ciara Shaver, MD, PhD

What I learned in my journey from foundation grants to K08 to R01.

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Retiring Junior (and Senior)

Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD

Let's retire the word “junior” when we mean early career investigators.

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De-Mystifying Single IRB: Let IREx Help!

IRB Reliance Exchange

IRB Exchange (IREx) is a freely available web portal for lead study teams to manage and streamline sIRB documentation and coordination.

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Lessons Learned While Building a Research Career: Mentoring Matters

Ciara Shaver, MD, PhD

Choosing mentors and a lab environment for your training years is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a scientist.

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Academic Speaking: Make Sure Your Audience Can Understand You!

Judith Ford, PhD

How you communicate the results of your research is just as important as how you conduct the research. If you don’t communicate effectively, you might as well not have …

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