by Gary McDowell | Aug 15, 2017 | Data, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
Two studies, currently underway at the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, are soliciting public input as part of their process. This is a chance to send in your thoughts on STEM graduate education (Masters and PhDs), and how to...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 16, 2017 | Ideas for change, NIH, Policy
FoR recently posted a statement supporting the National Institutes of Health proposal to put a cap on the level of funding that individual investigators can be awarded from NIH. That proposal was dropped on June 8th at the Advisory Council to the Director’s...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 7, 2017 | Ideas for change, NIH, Policy
As described in our recent post, the National Institutes of Health have proposed a cap on the level of funding that individual investigators can be awarded from NIH. In “New NIH Approach to Grant Funding Aimed at Optimizing Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars“, NIH...
by Gary McDowell | Jun 2, 2017 | Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Surveys & Forums
On June 8th and 9th the National Institutes of Health Advisory Council to the Director will meet. On the afternoon of the first day, the Grant Support Index (GSI, which is being used with reference to the proposed cap on NIH funding), will be discussed. Given the...
by Gary McDowell | May 24, 2017 | Data, Diversity in science, Ideas for change, NIH, Policy, Postdoc population size
This is a guest post by Future of Research policy activist, Adriana Bankston, who moderated this plenary session at the 2017 NPA meeting. In a recent post, we summarized the talk given by Dr. Nancy Calvin-Naylor in one of the plenary sessions at the 2017...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 17, 2017 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, Ideas for change, NIH, Resources
A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine. The study originated in a...