by Gary McDowell | Aug 10, 2016 | NIH, Postdoc benefits
The NIH has released their “Projected FY 2017 Stipend Levels for Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)”. These levels bring the NRSA levels in line with the new salary minimum for overtime...
by Gary McDowell | Aug 9, 2016 | Grad school curriculum, Ideas for change, NIH, Surveys & Forums
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on how to catalyze the modernization of biomedical graduate education. You can read the RFI here. The Board of Directors at FoR has...
by Gary McDowell | Jul 13, 2016 | Ideas for change, NIH
This new paper, “Policy Implications of Aging in the NIH-Funded Workforce,” has people talking again about the aging biomedical workforce. The authors’ aim was to investigate how this “graying” population is affecting funding of science in the U.S. A key...
by Gary McDowell | May 20, 2016 | Ideas for change, NIH, Postdoc benefits
Statement from FoR on the Department of Labor Overtime Rule (Fair Labor Standards Act) Earlier this week, the Department of Labor (DoL) increased the threshold at which salaried workers receive overtime payment for working more than 40 hours per week from...
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 Gary McDowell | Apr 13, 2015 | Ideas for change, NIH, Surveys & Forums
The NIH is looking for comments on “policies and strategies to improve the impact and sustainability” of biomedical research. You can read about the background in the NIH “Rock Talk” blogpost by NIGMS Director Jon Lorsch, “Give Input on...
