- Creating a Clearing in the Woods
Each of you are exceptionally trained, intelligent, driven, and insightful. As individuals, we are acutely aware of how change and uncertainty is rippling through our lives, our country, institutions, organizations, neighborhoods, and families. Recent conversations in our commun...
- Just Breathe: Mindfulness Apps
Our phones can be a source of anxiety, but during anxious times we can also turn to them as a source of comfort. A seemingly limitless supply of help awaits in the palm of your hand. Looking for ways to adjust, cope, and rise above? Our smartphones connect us to a never-...
- Get Your PMCIDs PDQ
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Biosketches, progress reports, and other materials that go to NIH need these digits. Here's what you need to do.
Does My Paper Need a PMCID...
- Finding Your Science Flow: Yoga Lessons to Increase Productivity
I love my job running a research lab. I love the problem-solving, the creativity, the autonomy. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have that “hair’s on fire” feeling most days. We’ve now added the stress of living and working through a pandemic to the equation. So how do I trade...
- Working Parents: Emergency Supplies for 30 Minutes of Quiet
My coworkers and I are in a routine now. We drink coffee together and chat about last night’s stellar Uno game. We settle down quickly to the serious work of resubmitting an R01 and creating content for Edge for Scholars. Middle management naps in the window.
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- Think of It as the Next Big Adventure
No, not death or marriage or parenthood. Or joining the military, converting to a new religion, moving country or finally accepting that His Dark Materials is a better fantasy epic than Harry Potter. These are all momentous life, events but what I want to talk to you about now is...
- How to Host a Multidisciplinary, Near-Peer Work-in-Progress Group
Work-in-progress groups (WIPs) convene members on a regular schedule for supportive critique of scholarly materials, including presentations, posters, manuscripts, cover letters, grant applications, and responses to reviews. WIPs are accepted as a career development best practic...
- Job Search: Interviewing from the Waist Up
Late winter and early spring are peak season for post-doctoral interviews and second visits for faculty hires. If some of your interviews will be over Zoom, this blog's for you.
Whether you are interviewing or being interviewed, odds are you are about to be a video star. We'v...
- “Zoom In” to Keep Group Review and Critique on Track
Work-in-Progress sessions (WIPs) are at risk of getting bogged down at the wrong level of feedback, most often focusing on specific edits or details that may not be the top priority, with the focus often driven by those who speak up first.
Several steps can help deploy the gro...
- Shark Tank for Scientists: NIH’s SBIR/STTR Grants
Have you ever searched for something in NIH RePORTER and seen some unusual grantee organizations in the results, maybe ones with “Inc.” or “LLC” in the name rather than “University” or “Medical Center”? If so, you’ve come across grants made to small businesses through the SBIR/ST...
