Criticism of Donald Trump has become a get-out-of-jail-free card for sexist and cowardly academics
Angie NMNH
The scientific community has unwittingly allowed Trump to lower the bar for acceptable conduct.
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Planning to Plan: Gathering Materials for Your Grant Pacing Plan
Durango Kid, PhD
You’ve decided that maybe a plan for doing your grant submission is a good idea. Check! But how to start?
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Dr. Stephen Korn on NINDS Workforce Development
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
A storified version of Dr Stephen Korn's talk at Vanderbilt on Workforce Development. Excellent pointers on grantsmanship, new funding mechanisms for trainees and more!
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Good News, Everyone!
The Edge for Scholars
Success rates for R01 and equivalent awards went up in FY 2016, with R01s hitting over 19% and R01-equivalents breaking 20% for the first time in ten years.
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Where Have All the Scientists Gone?
Maureen Gannon, PhD
The PI career seems to have become the "alternative career"
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Spring Conference Season Essentials
The Edge for Scholars
The weather is finally warming up, and we’re now into spring conference season. Go prepared with this grab-bag of tips and tricks from across the web.
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Five Tips to Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Build Your Network
Rebecca Helton, MA
Networking. It’s one of those things we all know we should do, but for many people, it just doesn’t come naturally. From The Glass Hammer: Five Tips to …
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#*@*! Plan Is Not a Four-Letter Word.
Durango Kid, PhD
Writing a grant proposal? Do you have a plan for how you will get it written, reviewed, and submitted on time? A PLAN? Yes, a plan. What can a plan …
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Should Tenure Still Depend on an R01?
The Edge for Scholars
With several years of flat federal support for science, is it still reasonable to require one or two independent research grants (R01s) before going up for tenure? For some …
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Acing Your Observational Research Aims
The Edge for Scholars
All research proposals – grants, dissertations, internal funding – must ace the description of aims.
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