Don't Be a Power Hog: How Sharing Information, Time and Authority Makes You a Better Leader
Rebecca Helton, MA
Being generous can mean sharing your feedback, your knowledge, and your credit with people–but most importantly, it can mean the difference between a good leader and a great one. …
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On Motivation
Rebecca Helton, MA
Consider that according to a Gallup study only 29% of people in the U.S. are fully engaged in the work that we do. The personal and organizational impact of this …
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News: NIH's Pathway to Independence Award Aims Younger
Rebecca Helton, MA
Eligibility period for K99/R00 awards shortens from five to four years after PhD. View full article at Science.
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Rock Talk: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Rebecca Helton, MA
“This certainly has been a tough year for the research community supported by NIH. We started off the year on a continuing resolution with the threat of sequester looming. In …
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More Money in Your (University's) Pocket
The Edge for Scholars
NIH announced that all Institutes will increase their contribution to an awardee’s salary to a base level of $100,000 for K08 and K23 awardees beginning with new applications due on …
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Stop the Slapfest: Why Scientists Need to Step Up in Support of a Cancer Moonshot
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
In the State of the Union address, President Obama challenged scientists with a John F Kennedy-inspired “moonshot” of curing cancer backed by a one billion dollar funding pledge. Obama’s …
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NIH Loan Repayment Deadline Extended
The Edge for Scholars
NIH wants to pay your medical or grad school debt so much that they’ve given you an extra two weeks to apply for their program. That’s right, this …
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Office Hours in the Pool Hall
The Edge for Scholars
Teaching this semester? Wondering about ways to connect to your students? It might be time to try meeting them somewhere unusual. Holding office hours in different places helped me reach …
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Rock Talk: Application Success Rates Decline in 2013
The Edge for Scholars
Now we have the numbers to show this. In FY2013 we made 8,310 competing RPG awards, 722 fewer than in FY2012. This puts the overall research project grant (RPG) success rate at 16.8%, …
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