Funding data

Does Your Institution Matter?

May 14, 2012

In one of my recent posts, I looked at the question of whether the degree you hold makes a difference in your likelihood of achieving funding.

Funding data, funding rate

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You know I like to try and provide data that answer commonly asked questions about NIH funding. Today, it’s the question of whether investigators that hold MDs or MD/PhDs are more or less likely to be funded than those investigators that hold PhDs.

Funding data, funding rate

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Does It Matter Where Your Grant Application Is Reviewed?

March 30, 2012

By Sally Rockey

There are a lot of urban myths out there about NIH grant review. Here is a common one—your chance of getting funded is lower if your application goes to the Center for Scientific Review for review rather than to another NIH institute or center.

Funding data, Peer review

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How Much Does NIH Fund for a Specific Research Category?

February 24, 2012

By Sally Rockey

We get questions all the time about how much we spend on a variety of diseases and conditions—breast cancer research, Alzheimer’s disease, or childhood leukemia to name a few. Luckily, there is an easy way to find out.

Funding data

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Age Distribution of NIH Principal Investigators and Medical School Faculty

February 13, 2012

By Sally Rockey

Recently we explored the increase in average age of new investigators. While that average age has remained relatively constant over the past ten years, we are seeing something different in our entire pool of principal investigators (PIs).

Biomedical Research Workforce, Funding data

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Provide Your Input on Workforce Diversity and Research Data Policies

January 26, 2012

By Sally Rockey

Earlier this month, two working groups of the Advisory Committee to the Director released two requests for information to seek public opinion about two different, but important issues facing biomedical research.

Biomedical Research Workforce, Funding data

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What’s Behind the 2011 Success Rates?

January 20, 2012

By Sally Rockey

I’m going to discuss the fiscal year 2011 research project grant success rates, and in doing so, I’m showing you a few screen shots from the NIH Funding Facts tool on RePORT, so you see how easy it is to use the site yourself to find some nifty information.

Funding data

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