NIH News: New Webinars Connect Applicants to NIH Peer Review Experts
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Do you want to learn how to make NIH peer review work for you? Sign up for one of the four Meet the Experts in NIH Peer Review webinars brought …
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Rock Talk: How Do Multiple-PI Applications Fare?
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Do multi-PI applications stand a better chance of being funded than single-PI proposals? Not really, according to the NIH’s Deputy Director for Extramural Research. In fact, the rates of …
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Unicorns-106; Mike Huckabee's DNA Schedule-0
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
“Life begins at conception. This isn’t just a Biblical view — it’s affirmed by modern science and every unique human DNA schedule, which is present at conception.” – Mike Huckabee, …
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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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Jewels from Rock Talk
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The rumor patrol wants to squash the myth that R01s are getting shorter. A little over half of R01s awarded are five years in length. This has been …
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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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Rock Talk: New Reforms to Federal Grant Policies
Rebecca Helton, MA
In February last year I blogged about the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s request for comments on proposed federal grant policy reforms. These policies, contained in multiple documents …
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Microscopes, Butterflies, Owl Puke...And More
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Thank you! We raised $3597 in three days funding seven STEM education projects for little kids and big kids all over the country. DonorsChoose.org is a fabulous organization. It gives …
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Office Hours in the Pool Hall
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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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