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Leider erlebt man das öfter: Viel Geld wird in großangelegte Forschungsinitiativen gepumpt — und am Ende kommt man den…
Leider erlebt man das öfter: Viel Geld wird in großangelegte Forschungsinitiativen gepumpt — und am Ende kommt man den…
Are the most successful people in society just the luckiest people?
Are the most successful people in society just the luckiest people? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NIH realizes that, as stewards of the American investment in biomedical sciences, we must do all we can to protect the future…
Many thanks for your terrific questions and comments to last month’s post, Research Commitment Index: A New Tool for Describing…
On this blog we previously discussed ways to measure the value returned from research funding. The “PQRST” approach (for…
Source: https://archives.nih.gov/asites/nexus/06-23-2016/all/2016/04/28/citations-per-dollar/index.htmlCitations Per Dollar as…
Last April we posted a blog on the measurement of citation metrics as a function of grant funding. We focused on a group of…
Research expeditions shouldn't need to rely on governments for funding, write Chris Turney and Christopher Fogwill.OPINION: We…
By Chris Turney, UNSW Australia and Christopher Fogwill, UNSW…
NIH grants reflect research investments that we hope will lead to advancement of fundamental knowledge and/or application of…
Suppose a funding agency happens to have some extra money and needs to decide how to invest it. Should it invest that extra…
Many researchers will tell you that financing their work–writing grants, securing funding, and budgeting for varying funding…
NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR, Canada’s main granting agencies in support of university research are not doing well. Their total…
This is a fascinating read. Jon Lorsch, current NIGMS Director, spreads around so much total nonsense that I just can't even…
There is a belief that dropping a frog into hot water will cause it to react and immediately jump out, while putting it in a…
There is a belief that dropping a frog into hot water will cause it to react and immediately jump out, while putting it in a…
The current dogma says that the largest part of available research funds must be assigned only to the best scientists. This way…
As the submission deadline for REF2014 draws nearer, there is a need to reflect on how the subsequent allocation of funding…
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even…
Does this sound familiar? Since 19XX, overall federal research funding in all fields has shown a steady increase, resulting in…
The EPSRC is the main research funding body in the UK for computer science and software engineering. I wrote my first EPSRC…
I grew up around grocery stores. My grandfather on my father’s side started Fox’s Market in Middletown, a small town in rural…
What kinds of research did people talk about in June? Here is another Interactions monthly wrap-up featuring a selection of 5…
This week we were all at the Evolution meetings in Snowbird Utah (stay tuned for a group picture). As a result we don’t have…