by Gary McDowell | Jun 2, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
On June 8th and 9th the National Institutes of Health Advisory Council to the Director will meet. On the afternoon of the first day, the Grant Support Index (GSI, which is being used with reference to the proposed cap on NIH funding), will be discussed. Given the...
by Gary McDowell | May 28, 2017 | Diversity in science, Ideas for change, Policy
This post originally appeared on the GCC Carpe Careers blog published on the Inside Higher Ed website on May 1, 2017. Re-posting with permission from Inside Higher Ed. Adriana Bankston provides advice for how research scientists can positively influence the personal...
by Gary McDowell | May 24, 2017 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Postdoc population size
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston, who moderated this plenary session at the 2017 NPA meeting. In a recent post, we summarized the talk given by Dr. Nancy Calvin-Naylor in one of the plenary sessions at the 2017...
by Gary McDowell | May 22, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, Non-academic careers, Policy, Postdoc population size, Resources
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston, who moderated this plenary session at the 2017 NPA meeting. Postdoctoral scholars make up a large segment of the biomedical workforce, and tracking their career trajectories is imperative...
by Gary McDowell | May 12, 2017 | Ideas for change, News, Policy
The National Institutes of Health have proposed a cap on the level of funding that individual investigators can be awarded from NIH. In “New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars”, NIH Director Francis...
by Gary McDowell | May 2, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist Adriana Bankston. I never thought I would participate in an event like this. For me and my family, science had always been a part of our lives, our work, and a way to earn a living. I never thought that...
