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In this section the Steering Committee will invite specific contributions on important issues. for each item click on the title to read the full post.

The policy-driven decline in R01 renewal applications and awards

October 24, 2019 By Chris Pickett

The policy-driven decline in R01 renewal applications and awards

Modern biomedical research labs require grants, typically from the National Institutes of Health, to function. An increase in the number of scientists seeking NIH R01 funding combined with low R01 success rates has meant that most grant applications go through multiple rounds of revision and resubmission before being funded. This time spent on writing and […]

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Examining the distribution of K99/R00 awards by race

July 19, 2018 By Chris Pickett

Examining the distribution of K99/R00 awards by race

The National Institutes of Health has several programs focused on improving diversity and inclusion at all levels of the biomedical research enterprise. Diversity in the professoriate is of significant concern, and a recent analysis suggests that the lack of faculty diversity is due to university hiring biases rather than a lack of qualified candidates. This […]

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Improving support for young biomedical scientists: Some additional information

May 17, 2018 By Chris Pickett

Improving support for young biomedical scientists: Some additional information

Today, members of Rescuing Biomedical Research published an article in Science proposing the expansion of the National Institutes of Health’s New Innovator (DP2) award. The DP2 award is available only to early-stage investigators and places an emphasis on novel scientific ideas without requiring significant preliminary data. The DP2 program has received a positive evaluation, and […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: biomedical research enterprise, diversity, grant applications, NIH, NIH grants, RBR, Rescuing Biomedical Research, science policy

The need to consolidate staff scientist titles

April 3, 2018 By Chris Pickett

Expanding the ranks of staff scientists—Ph.D.-level, non-trainee, non-faculty researchers—has been a consistent recommendation in reports proposing reforms to the biomedical research enterprise. However, several roadblocks, including how the position should be compensated and how it should be structured—titles and career development opportunities, for example—have impeded full implementation of the recommendation. In a positive step toward […]

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Transparency in Ph.D. career outcomes: The growing snowball

March 5, 2018 By Chris Pickett

Improving transparency in Ph.D. career outcomes has been a consistent recommendation for more than 20 years-worth of reports on reforming the biomedical research enterprise. While some institutions have launched robust career outcome data collection and publication projects, these efforts have long been isolated to individual universities. However, a series of recent community-wide efforts suggest broad […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: biomedical research enterprise, career outcomes, graduate students, Rescuing Biomedical Research, transparency

Rescuing Biomedical Research receives grant to continue reform efforts

February 6, 2018 By Chris Pickett

Rescuing Biomedical Research is pleased to announce the renewal of a grant from the Open Philanthropy Project that will allow the organization to continue its work to make reforms to the American biomedical research enterprise. “Thanks to our Open Philanthropy partners, we have been able to make substantial progress over the past two years in […]

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Universities launch initiative to improve transparency around biomedical Ph.D. careers

December 14, 2017 By Chris Pickett

Today, nearly a dozen university presidents announced the formation of the Coalition for Next Generation Life Sciences (publication; website), which is committed to collecting and publishing data on demographics and career outcomes of biomedical Ph.D.s and postdocs. Rescuing Biomedical Research has worked with many CNGLS members and members of the National Institutes of Health’s Broadening […]

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Rescuing Biomedical Research statement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

November 14, 2017 By Chris Pickett

The provision in H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that would allow graduate tuition waivers to be considered taxable income would significantly harm graduate students financially, slow the pace of American science and threaten our role as the global leader in research. Some estimates indicate Sec. 117(d)(5) of H.R. 1 could increase a […]

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Supporting those affected by hurricane Maria

September 27, 2017 By RBR Writing Program

Contributed by Daniel Colón-Ramos Earlier this month, Hurricane Maria cut a destructive path across Puerto Rico. Rescuing Biomedical Research member Daniel Colón-Ramos has put together some straightforward strategies for members of the biomedical research community wanting to help those affected by the hurricane both in Puerto Rico and in the mainland U.S. Acknowledge the crisis […]

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An update on capping indirect cost payments on NIH grants

July 14, 2017 By RBR Writing Program

An RBR Writing Program post by Torrey Truszkowski Indirect cost payments, also known as overhead or facilities and administration costs, are a critical part of research grants and pay for the upkeep and administration of research facilities. The Trump administration’s fiscal 2018 budget proposed a 22 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health, with much of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: F&A, indirect costs, RBR Writing Program, science funding

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Comments by Andrea Repetto

Posted: November 3, 2016

Non-PhD level positions undervalued

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Comments by Andrea Repetto

Posted: November 3, 2016

Reward negative results

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Comments by Holly Hamilton

Posted: September 13, 2016

(1) The training model thus far is that of the medieval apprentice- a trainee is to become a clone of his/her supervisor. (2) Trainees are rarely permitted to conduct work not expressly assigned/approved by supervisor. (3) Training goals for postdocs at a national level are unspecified. (4) All postdocs are trained as if they will become academic research professors.

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