Desk Guide for Scientists: Working with Media
The Edge for Scholars
Have you fumbled in front of a camera or wished you could answer a question differently after a reporter’s already filed the story? Haven’t yet, but think you …
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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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Not that Kind of Committee Meeting: Tales of Faculty Mentoring
Pipette Protagonist, PhD
Spoiler: There is a lot to cover!
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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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Your Grant Is Scheduled for an Appendectomy
Rebecca Helton, MA
Starting with grants due January 25, 2017, the NIH will no longer allow most materials you might want to put in your appendix. No longer can information required for the peer review …
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A Monday Morning Giggle from The Onion
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
In grad school, a new investigator was pressuring me to come to his lab to study the molecular basis of learning in sea slugs. Sea slugs are dreadful little creatures …
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Change Your Default Meeting Time
The Edge for Scholars
I’d like to make a modest proposal. We should stop scheduling meetings with zero time to go from one meeting to the next. Does this describe your life? You …
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#GRExit and the Next Slippery Slope in Graduate Admissions
Rachel Yoho, CDP, PhD
As more academic programs and departments make the GRE optional, the question remains - which metrics will be used to replace it?
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Know Thy Study Section Members
Niccolo Machiavelli
Look at the roster for the study section(s) your grants will go to. Find these people.
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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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