by Jessica Polka | May 11, 2015 | Ideas for change, NIH
There are just a few more days left to submit comments to the NIH’s latest Request for Information (RFI) entitled “Optimizing Funding Policies and Other Strategies to Improve the Impact and Sustainability of Biomedical Research.” This is a tremendous opportunity for...
by Jessica Polka | May 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Biomedical research is a huge enterprise now; it attracts riff-raff who never would have survived as scientists in the 1960s and 1970s. There is no doubt that highly capable scientists currently participate in the grant-review process. Likewise, unfortunately,...
by Gary McDowell | May 8, 2015 | FOR meetings
Beryl Benderley has written a short blog post in Science Careers about our upcoming meetings, please watch this space and we will keep you updated as they progress! You can also find information on the individual meetings at their links from our home page: May 21st in...
by Gary McDowell | May 3, 2015 | Postdoc population size, STEM shortage myth
See Too Many Postdocs, Too Little Funding, an article discussing the postdoc situation from “Boston University Today”.
by Gary McDowell | May 1, 2015 | Surveys & Forums
As we continue to call for more data collection, and transparency in its dissemination, we also want to present opportunities to contribute to that data collection. Please see below a message from Melanie Sinche at Harvard University which include this link to fill...