Month: June 2012
Coming Soon: New Human Embryonic Stem Cell Requirements
Now that The NIH Stem Cell Registry lists more than 160 approved cell lines, we are making some changes to how you address the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in your application.
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For a Resubmission, What is the Page Limit for the Intro?
Unless the funding opportunity announcement indicates otherwise, it is 1 page.
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For a Resubmission, May I Request a Different Study Section or IC?
Yes. We will consider either or both requests.
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Postdoctoral Researchers—Facts, Trends, and Gaps
The National Postdoctoral Association defines a postdoctoral scholar (or a postdoc) as “an individual holding a doctoral degree who is engaged in a temporary period of mentored research and/or scholarly training for the purpose of acquiring the professional skills needed to pursue a career path of his or her choosing.”
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Joe Ellis, Director of OPERA, Retires from NIH
After 34 years at NIH, Joe Ellis, the director of the Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, is bidding NIH adieu.
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New Resources from the Common Fund's Epigenomics Program
Take a look at publicly available tools, technologies, and datasets from the NIH Roadmap
Epigenomics Program.
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What We’ve Learned About Graduate Students
Now that I’ve discussed the consolidated snapshot of the PhD biomedical research workforce, I’d like to focus on some trend data about graduate students gathered by the biomedical workforce working group.
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July 4, 2012 NIH Closed: Federal Holiday
NIH (including help desks) will be closed Wednesday, July 4, 2012.
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So, What Does the Biomedical Research Workforce Look Like?
As I blogged last week, and most of you have heard by now, a working group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) that I co-chaired together with Shirley Tilghman from Princeton just completed a study of the biomedical research workforce.
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