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Posted on May 16, 2013 by |
As discussed here previously, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, requested “access to the scientific/technical reviews and the Program Officers Review Analysis” for five specific social science awards from the…
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I Love Being Wrong

Posted on May 15, 2013 by |
I noticed the other day, when having a conversation here that I love  being wrong. The conversation was not about anything dramatic or terribly important in the big scheme of things. It was more “ the straw of a conversation…
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Posted on May 15, 2013 by |
How does your institute note deficiencies related to inspections?  Inspections are an important part of regulating research, necessary for ensuring quality, safe, and acceptable conditions are maintained to aid, not detract from research goals.  There are numerous reasons to audit…
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The Politics of Peer Review

Posted on May 15, 2013 by |
NSF, and the Scientific Peer Review System, Under Congressional Scrutiny In April 2013, in the course of hearings by the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the new chairman of that committee, raised…
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Grantee Fertilizer

Posted on May 15, 2013 by |
Part 6 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with  Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss tools and techniques for finding available research funds.
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Funding Sniping

Posted on May 13, 2013 by |
Filtering, Targeting, Searching… Part 5 of an 8 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with  Hilda Alajajian, Grants Resource Specialist at the University of Vermont, to discuss techniques for finding available monies for “non-experts” (a.k.a. students).
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Posted on May 9, 2013 by |
Thursday, the White House moved to make US government data more accessible to the public. President Obama signed an executive order directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue an Open Data Policy to “to advance the management…
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NIH Announces Fiscal Policy for FY2013 Awards

Posted on May 8, 2013 by |
NIH posted NOT-OD-13-064 today via the NIH Guide, which provides information on funding levels for federal FY 2013. From that notice: FY 2013 Funding Levels: Non-competing continuation awards that have already been made in FY 2013 were generally funded at…
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