by Gary McDowell | Oct 31, 2017 | Ideas for change, News, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
Don’t forget to follow along with our Tweetchat as FoR Board Member and NIH Next Generation Researchers Initiative Working Group Member Juan Pablo Ruiz (@HappyStemCell) tells us about the NGRI. Don’t forget after the chat to go to our urgent call...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 27, 2017 | Ideas for change, Policy, Surveys & Forums
The draft HHS Strategic Plan is part of a strategic planning process for the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate its strategic and performance planning efforts. Comments have been open for submission on various comments, and FoR has submitted the...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 26, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, News, NIH, Policy
The National Institutes of Health currently have a working group discussing what action to take under a Congressional mandate to address the production of the next generation of biomedical researchers. The Advisory Council to the Director’s Working Group, which...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 25, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change
*UPDATE: Contact the NIH and submit your opinions on this issue – see how here* This is a guest post by Future of Research board member, Adriana Bankston. The NIH Grant Support Index (GSI) program was first announced by Dr. Francis Collins, NIH...
by Gary McDowell | Oct 20, 2017 | Diversity in science, News
This is a guest post by Future of Research board member, Sarah Wong. Future of Research has issued a statement condemning the attacks on DACA and expressing our commitment to diversity in STEM. FoR interviewed several members of the STEM community to understand...
