- News: Major Change to NIH Resubmission Policy
[T]oday we have announced a policy change. While the new policy still allows a single resubmission per application, ideas that were unsuccessfully submitted as a resubmission (A1) may now be presented in a new grant application (A0) without having to substantially redesign the co...
- Personal or Family Photographs in Professional Presentations
I think that inclusion of personal or family photographs in professional presentations like grand rounds talks or research seminars points the needle away from goodness. Such presentations provide an opportunity to showcase your work and sell yourself as an expert and should be ...
- How to Thrive Amid Academic Chaos
The end of a semester is always hard. Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers advice for taming the chaos.
While there’s plenty of literature out there on how to survive during crunch time, there’s little on how to thrive—to be highly productive in your research and have a full and heal...
- Working Hard Does NOT Mean Success (at Grants or Anything Else)
There’s this persistent myth that I need to tear down once and for all. Maybe it won’t all happen in this one blog post, but by God I’m gonna give it a good start.
The myth? It’s that all it takes to succeed is hard work.
I have seen lives destroyed by that myth, more than ...
- Big Numbers, Big Ideas: Pingsheng Wu
Pingsheng Wu, PhD, likes playing with numbers. She combs through large amounts of data, such as hospital records and surveys, seeking the causes of disease. Although she has worked with data related to several diseases, her current research centers on asthma. No primary preven...
- Why You Should Work from a Coffee Shop, Even When You Have an Office
It sounds counter-intuitive, but working at a bustling coffee shop can be less distracting than working in a quiet office. The change in environment also stimulates creativity, and chance encounters spark new ideas and connections.
In the following article from FastCompan...
- Rock Talk: NIH Recovers a Significant Portion of Funds Lost Due to Sequestration
Much good news here:
Because of the increased NIH budget as compared to last year, and due to the cycle of out-year commitments, we should ultimately be making more competing awards in FY 2014.
Undergraduate and graduate student stipends will increase by 2%, and entry lev...
- Rock Talk: Comparing Success Rates, Award Rates, and Funding Rates
Let’s delve a bit deeper into one of your and my favorite topics: success rates. Most of you monitor success rates as an indicator of NIH funding trends but also as the main way to determine your chances of receiving an NIH award. But what exactly do these rates mean? Our officia...
- Rock Talk: NIH Human Subjects Training Earns AMA CEUs
NIH supports critical research that advances human health, while protecting the rights and welfare of the research participants who are integral to research success. NIH’s human subjects protection policies ensure the conduct of quality research and provide the proper stewardship...
- Putting It All Together: Kevin C. Ess
On a recent Monday, Kevin Ess found himself in the operating room helping guide a brain resection procedure for one of his patients with epilepsy. Earlier that day, he collected skin samples from two other children with a genetic form of epilepsy, then took them back to his lab ...
