- Which Study Section Should I Pick? Try the Assisted Referral Tool!
One important aspect of submitting grants to the NIH is selecting an appropriate study section. While the general descriptions on the CSR website can be helpful, they often require further investigation, which can (and should) include contacting SROs, talking to current or ...
- Read This: Insights on Priorities Including Doing Less
We hosted Dr. Paul Harris, mastermind of REDCap and ResearchMatch and local guru of efficiency lifehacks, for a seminar on honing your professional edge. He shared these choices as an eclectic mix currently engaging his thoughts.
Habit 3 audiobook
by Steven Covey
“E.M. Gray ...
- A Year at Edge for Scholars
We redesigned Edge for Scholars last February to make it more user-friendly, interactive, and open for all to post. Upgrades we love include editions, profiles, contests, badges, and ability to follow favorite authors. (The development team rocks!)
New visitors became regu...
- Now Playing: Edge Video Vault
Welcome to the Edge for Scholars Video Vault. We've curated a wealth of videos that span topics from statistical excellence, to leadership, grant writing, peer review, and mentoring at all stages.
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- WIN-WIN: Best Academic Life Hacks and Advice Blog Contest WINNER!
Paying it forward paid off literally for our Best Academic Life Hacks and Advice Blog Contest winner, who will receive $1,000 in travel money to Translational Science 2018.
The prize goes to David Sacks, who received 830 views of his post, “Think You’re an Imposter? Here’s How...
- Empowering Women through Mentoring
I still remember my first time in a lab. I was doing my last year of college and I got a fellowship to collaborate for a few hours a day in a research lab. It was an old and rusty lab, and my PI was in the first steps of her career, trying to get tenure, taking care of her kids a...
- Summer for Academic Parents: Do It Like a Pro by Preparing Now
Summer time is more than popsicles and fireworks for academic folks. It's the time to GET THINGS DONE. While seminars, conferences and teaching are at a lull, you have a great chance to write, think and focus without swarms of folks on campus.
For academics who are parents...
- Not that Kind of Committee Meeting: Tales of Faculty Mentoring
Now that you have assembled your faculty mentoring committee, it is time to prepare for your meeting. A week before the meeting, I send out an updated CV and any documents that I want reviewed, like grant pink sheets or a manuscript draft. I also include an extensive document det...
- Attending Translational Science 2018? Get Your Social Media Bling Here
Social media can be an important aspect of networking and collaboration, and we want to help connect you with others BEFORE the conference, so that you can continue to foster and develop those relationships in-person.
Show your pride in being part of the research community and...
- Opportunities for Collaboration with the Trial Innovation Network
If you're doing multi-site clinical research, the Trial Innovation Network and its partner the Recruitment Innovation Center can supercharge your study recruitment and make technical details such as trial protocol and data management easier and less time-consuming. True to its na...
