Among the 187 US institutions described as a R1 for 2025, Howard University has been included for the first time. This is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to achieve this high level of research activity and this is a very welcome bit of news. For those not familiar, the Carnegie rankings are […]| Drugmonkey
Try to account for this when reading up on the constant chaos imposed by the new Administration on the NIH. What I mean by this is not that nobody knows how anything works. It is more that the vast majority of us, from Scientific Review and Program Officers at the NIH, to intramural NIH researchers, […]| Drugmonkey
Slightly quicker than I expected, the lawsuit from collective and individual Universities / University Systems has produced a national restraining order preventing the reduction of NIH grant indirect costs to 15%. The Temporary Restraining Order requested by a third set of litigants, associations of hospitals and med schools, was also granted. I have no idea […]| Drugmonkey
A judge temporarily halted the attempt of the Trump Administration to unilaterally and immediately reduce the Facilities & Administrative costs of NIH grants to 15%. The decision [PDF] applied only to the States represented by the 22 Attorneys General who brought the suit. Said AGs are all Democrats, representing [PDF]: MASSACHUSETTS…MICHIGAN, STATE OF ILLINOIS, STATE […]| Drugmonkey
The concept of “working below credential” is one I have recently picked up from physicians. The medical industry has a business-like focus and it is, I surmise, quite reasonable to talk about how much a physician gets paid per hour of work, how much other employees get paid per hour of work and how to […]| Drugmonkey
[Update: The Chronicle is reporting as of 2/10/2025 that F31-diversity applications have been re-instated to the study sections for review. If true, this is excellent news.] One of the primary NIH training fellowships is the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award for graduate students, aka, the F31. It is requested with individual […]| Drugmonkey