- Rock Talk: How Long Is an R01
The R01 research project grant is NIH’s mainstay grant mechanism and is used for much of our investigator-initiated research. When talking about about NIH funding, the subject that most often comes up is the R01 and how support for R01s may be changing over time. Recently I recei...
- Finding Email Equilibrium
Since we're all talking about taming our email, this week's Link of the Week is an essay from Inside Higher Ed on Finding Email Equilibrium.
- How Saying No Helps Professors Find Their Focus
Productive professors use a variety of techniques to focus on what matters most. For many, blocking out large chunks of time for research, writing, and grant applications is key. That's the work they value most. But it can get crowded out as they advise students, talk with collea...
- Cash-Strapped NIH May Ask Universities to Limit Grant Applications
At a time of dwindling federal budgets, the National Institutes of Health is considering one sure-fire way to raise record-low grant-approval rates: Have researchers apply for fewer grants.
From the Chronicle of Higher Ed: Cash-Strapped NIH May Ask Universities to Limit Grant Ap...
- 7 Time-Management Tricks from Chris Hardwick, Man of 1,000 TV Shows
From Fast Company. Do any of these seem helpful to you? Surprising, or more common sense than anything else?
(Speaking of going down internet rabbit holes, be warned that this entire site can definitely be one...)
- The Greatest Course You’ll Ever Teach
What could I accomplish as an academic leader? Am I prepared for the role? These questions confront each faculty member who considers becoming a director, chair or dean. Some may hesitate to serve, thinking that their prior faculty experience has not provided appropriate backgro...
- Why Are Associate Professors So Unhappy?
Seven years after earning tenure at the College of Wooster, Judith C. Amburgey-Peters is still working a "nonstop, crazy schedule on 6,000 different things." But she is not sure whether the 80 hours a week she spends leading the chemistry department, advising students, and trying...
- Expectations for Trainee Publication Output
A question arrived about publication expectations for trainees at the blog mailbox recently. "I was wondering if you would consider a blog post and perhaps encouraging discussion on a related topic, on how do you evaluate your student/postdoc performance and how common is the 1 p...
- Why Aren’t You Delegating?
You have way too much to do, you're buried in work, and it seems there's no way out from under it all. But there is: delegation. Yes, yes, you know it's important to do and you know it will save you time and help others develop new skills. So why aren't you doing it?
From the Ha...
- Creating and Maintaining a Professional Presence Online
I recently ran a workshop for students in Northeastern University’s English Graduate Program on “Creating and Maintaining a Professional Presence Online.” This is an essential topic for scholars entering the field today, but it’s rarely addressed in any formal way by departments....
