500 Mile(stones)
Durango Kid, PhD
How will you know you are progressing satisfactorily toward your chosen date for submitting your grant proposal? Defining milestones will help. Earlier blogs have addressed why doing a plan for …
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TB Research on World TB Day: Yuri van der Heijden
Rebecca Helton, MA
In honor of World Tuberculosis Day, Dr. Yuri van der Heijden talks about his TB research and offers advice to those working toward career development awards.
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Buckets of Fun (Work?)
Durango Kid, PhD
Proposed research project is feasible? Check. Timeline formatted? Check. Milestones added? Check. Now it’s time to break the work into manageable chunks....
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Popular Young Scientist’s Post on Failure to Get Funding Goes Viral
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Brad Voytek should be the poster child for neuroscience. He’s smart, charismatic, does a ton of outreach, sports an impressive soul patch and works on difficult problems of how …
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What’s in Your Bucket(s)?
Durango Kid, PhD
Once you’ve defined the buckets of work for your grant submission and placed them on your timeline, you are ready for the second step in the work breakdown process.
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Lupus Research on World Lupus Day: April Barnado
Rebecca Helton, MA
In honor of World Lupus Day, we talked to April Barnado, a K12 scholar who is developing methods to use the electronic health record to study outcomes in systemic lupus …
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Neuroscience Pretenure Boot Camp in Seattle? Yes, Please!
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
The Brain Sciences Foundation offers an outstanding chance for underrepresented folks to get training on the business of starting your career in a free bootcamp this summer. Apply now!
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NIH to PIs: In Current Funding Climate, Three R01s Is Enough
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Last week, NIH announced a new initiative to keep struggling early and midcareer labs viable by capping the number of R01's any one PI could hold.
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NIH Wants to Pay Your Student Loans. Here's How to Make It Easier for Them to Do It.
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
NIH's Loan Repayment Programs have some of the highest funding rates. Here's how you can make it easier to get your loans paid.
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Not that Kind of Career Development Award: Tales of Writing the K99/R00
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: The K99/R00 is weird.
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