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Wow, wow wow. A recent comment on my last post: "From what I'm hearing as I prepare to request EIS extension, they will not even allow me the actual number of months I was on parental leave because it was longer than the typical 3 months. I'm told this constitutes a "life choice" and cannot [...]
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Somehow, the changes announced in this Notice are supposed to help postdocs make a "more timely" transition to independence. I think the main problem will be that reviewers are already largely biased with the mindset that a certain publication profile is necessary to make someone competitive. Meaning a certain number of papers in a certain [...]
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I just read a comment from an anonymous person on this post at Academic Jungle: "This post really hit home for me. I am an early career PI (3 yrs in) at a soft money institution and am currently facing the (very real) prospect of having to close my lab, due to a combination of [...]
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LULZ, the first comment on this article about potentially making applicants anonymous for certain levels of NIH review is so stereotypically hilarious. He even named HIMSELF "oldguy!" "This moves reviews exactly in the wrong direction. It rewards creative writing and disregards training and accomplishments. The current short grant format does not allow enough preliminary data [...]
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Some very interesting litigation has been going down this year, somewhat under the radar for most of us, regarding the patentability of biological products and processes that could have huge implications for both the biotech industry and academic research labs hoping to commercialize their findings. Earlier this spring, what would look to most people (and [...]
