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Funding Opportunity 2012 NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards
Letters of Intent due by December 30, 2011 Announcing a funding opportunity for the NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards: For junior investigators wishing to “skip the post-doc” and immediately begin independent research Eligible candidates must
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Research on Hearing Communication and Health Gets Center Stage at NIDCD
Behavioral Research at NIDCD by William Yost Examples of Funding for Behavioral Science Research at NIDCD Harnessing the Human Factor in Hearing Assistance by David G. Myers Addressing the ‘Cultural Inertia’ by Caroline M. Kobek
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Research Not Lost in Translation
An important motivator for many researchers is to help people — to cure a disease or to improve lives. Translational research describes work that begins in the lab, but also has real-world applications. The National
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APS Calls for Change in Behavioral Science at NIH
The Obama Administration has hit the ground running, and Washington is awash in change. Well before the inauguration, the then President-Elect set up a transition team for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of
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The Burden of Stimulus Money
There’s the familiar story of the guy of modest means who wins a lottery jackpot — and goes downhill from there. The same could be happening to the National Institutes of Health, and not for
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NIH: Grant Competition Brings Age Friction
Nobody wants to face up to this, but we’ve got too many well-qualified health-related researchers relative to the amount of money available to keep them at work. And every year, more of them enter a
