Newest Resources in "Reference"
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PLoS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants
- "At the present time, US funding is frequently below 10% for a given grant program. Today, more than ever, we need all the help we can get in writing successful grant proposals. We hope you find these rules useful in reaching your research career goals."
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How to Get Fewer Scientists
- Washington Post, July 24, 2007. "President Bush told cancer researchers gathered at the National Institutes of Health in January that we need to 'make sure that our scientists are given the tools and encourage young kids to become scientists in the first place.' Yet his administration's stingy NIH budgets over the past five years and its threat last week to veto the appropriations bill giving the NIH a small funding boost sound more like components of a Discourage Future Scientists Act."
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The Real Science Crisis: Bleak Prospects for Young Researchers
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in HomeChronicle of Higher Education , September 2007. "[F]or many of today's graduate students, the future could not look much bleaker. They see long periods of training, a shortage of academic jobs, and intense competition for research grants looming ahead of them. 'They get a sense that this is a really frustrating career path,' says Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health. So although the operating assumption among many academic leaders is that the nation needs more scientists, some of brightest students in the country are demoralized and bypassing scientific careers."
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NIH BUDGET: Boom and Bust
- Couzin and Miller 316 (5823): 356 -- Science "Biomedical facilities are expanding after a growth spurt in the budget of the National Institutes of Health. Yet individual scientists say that it's harder than before to get their work funded." (subscription to Science required)
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Watching a Train Wreck, Part 2 - Engineering Science Blog
- "We've seen the effects of the NIH budget doubling on the grad student population. What about postdocs? ... From 1998-2003, the number of life sciences postdocs increased by 4,015. These new postdocs were all non-citizens. In fact, over the same time period, the number of US citizen / permanent resident postdocs decreased by 255."
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Watching a Train Wreck, Part 1 - Engineering Science Blog
- "Given that concerns about NIH funding levels have only recently hit the press, it's likely that we will see continuing increases in first-year graduate enrollments through at least 2007. This means increasing numbers of new PhDs for another 6-8 years and probably another decade of sizable increases in the ranks of postdocs. A whole crop of new PhDs is walking right into an already troubled labor market, and things probably won't start to improve for 10+ years."
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The Scientist : 'Looming crisis' from NIH budget
- "Four years of flat funding causing major shifts in US biomedical research, university officials and senior scientists warn Congress"
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Troubling Doubling
- A great presentation by Paula Stephan on the NIH budget doubling.
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What the NIH Bought With Double the Money
- Chronicle of Higher Education "After five years, $13.6-billion has produced few major new treatments and little spreading of research wealth, but the agency's leaders and supporters counsel patience" (subscription required)
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Be Careful What You Wish For
- ScienceCareers.org - "Between 1998 and 2003, the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) rose from $13 billion to more than $27 billion in a plan known as "the doubling. Now that the tsunami of cash has receded, many life scientists--especially those in the early phase of their careers--have found conditions no better, and in some ways worse, than before the process began."
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A Guide to NSF Success
- ScienceCareers.org - "This article provides suggestions and ideas about how to make your next National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal more competitive."
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The NIH R01 Tool Kit
- ScienceCareers.org | "We can help you avoid those few pitfalls in preparing your application, greatly improving your chances of success. Many researchers know their science inside and out but don't take the time to learn about the intricacies of the proposal-reviewing process, so they end up making mistakes. Indeed, intricacies aside, many applicants lack even a basic notion of what proposal writing is all about, what a grant proposal ought to accomplish. The more time you get to spend on your science, the better, but succeeding in research requires more than just ingenuity and a deep knowledge of your field. We aim to make the process of learning about those other concerns--such as writing grant proposals--as short and painless as possible. If you're reading this, that's half the battle."
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Postdoc jobs at jobs.phds.org
- Postdoc job listings
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Army Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (USARL) is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. Scientists and engineers at the USARL help shape and execute the Army's program for meeting the challenge of developing technologies that will support Army Forces in meeting future operational needs by pursuing scientific research and technological developments in such diverse fields as : applied mathematics, atmospheric characterization, simulation and human modeling, digital/optical signal processing, nanotechnology, material science and technology, multifunctional technology, combustion processes, propulsion and flight physics, communication and networking, and computational and information science.
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Current ORNL Openings for Postdocs and Other Postgraduates
- A listing of current openings at United States Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for postdoctoral and postmaster's researchers.
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Rice University - Beyond Traditional Borders - Post Doc Teaching Fellowship
- The Beyond Traditional Borders Initiative is creating a new interdisciplinary curriculum to train undergraduate students in the development and implementation of appropriate technologies that address global health challenges. We are looking for postdoctoral fellows who want to enhance their teaching skills and prepare for future positions on faculty. * Experience extended, mentored teaching * Learn how to teach an inquiry based, integrated curriculum in global health * Participate in a semester long teaching practicum where you will observe best practices of inquiry based teaching, develop inquiry based materials, and learn strategies to assess student learning * Positions open to post-doctoral research associates in biotechnology and bioengineering, humanities, social science, and policy studies Interested candidates, for more information please visit: http://cohesion.rice.edu/collaborations/btb/programs.cfm?doc_id=9297#univ
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NIH to NRSA postdocs: Revise and Resubmit!
- NIH cuts NRSA postdocs?
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Zerhouni for a Day: A Challenge
- The Problem: The NIHs budget doubled over the past few years, and the NSF is currently working on a budget doubling of its own. Despite this vast influx of new federal funding, approval rates for grant proposals at the NIH have plummeted, and similar things are happening at NSF. The Challenge: If you were in charge, tell us what would you do differently. Join a public discussion.
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DARPA Heilmeier Catechism
- A set of questions that George Heilmeier, director of ARPA, used to ask of all new research programs. The questions make a great starting point when writing your own proposals.
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"All About Grants" Tutorials
- "These All About Grants tutorials help biomedical investigators, especially new ones, plan, write, and apply for the basic NIH research project grant, the R01. Developed and maintained by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH)."
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Pathway to Independence Award: Resources for New Investigators
- "The award will work as follows: The initial 1-2 year mentored phase will allow investigators to complete their supervised research work, publish results, and search for an independent research position. The second, independent phase, years 3-5, will allow awardees who secure an assistant professorship, or equivalent position, to establish their own research program and successfully apply for an NIH Investigator-Initiated (R01) grant. The R01 is the major means by which NIH supports individual scientists in the field."
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Career Award Wizard
- Figure out which (if any) of the NIH Career Awards are appropriate for you.
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Fellowship Opportunities in Federal Technology Transfer
- "The NIH Office of Technology Transfer has postdoctoral fellowship opportunities available under the Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) authority to qualified candidates in the field of technology transfer. Technology Transfer Research Training Awards (TTRTA) enable candidates to combine their biomedical, behavioral, or related science background with training and experience in the technology transfer field. The Office of Technology Transfer is responsible for patenting and licensing technologies resulting from basic research to effect their commercialization by business and industry. Fellows will work with OTT patenting and licensing staff and OTT policy staff, NIH scientists and outside industrial or academic collaborators in pursuit of these goals. Fellows will spend 20% of their training time in an assigned NIH laboratory, and 80% at OTT."
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NIH K Awards | National Postdoctoral Association
- "Making the successful transition to independence has been a recurring theme for postdocs, especially in the biomedical sciences. Postdocs looking to make the transition to independence will be interested to learn more about the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K Awards. These awards are designed specifically for postdocs and early career scientists who may be new to the grant writing process."
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International Postdoctoral Opportunities Resource
- A reference point for parents, students, and guidance counselors that allow them to browse and search for college scholarships: bachelor, master degree, doctoral, PhD, and postdoctoral
