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.| Drugmonkey
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
aaaaand here it comes. The first notice posted to the NIH guide in two weeks is NOT-OD-25-068 Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates. The purpose reads, in part: “Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs […]| Drugmonkey
First they came for the D-SPAN awards, and I did not speak out—because I was not a person of color aspiring to a postdoctoral position of my own choice. Then they came for the diversity F31s, and I did not speak out—because I was not a graduate student. Then they came for the ESI and […]| Drugmonkey
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a behemoth in biomedical science in the US. Mostly famous for funding the fanciest investigators with lots of cash without reference to any specific research project, they have strode the landscape like kings for decades. To be a HHMI investigator is, in some eyes, the pinnacle of scientific accomplishment […]| 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
I heard of resistance to the most tepid suggestion that perhaps those of us who have current resources (e.g., research grants unrelated to DEI) should be preparing to potentially soften the blow fo…| Drugmonkey
I’ve sometimes mentioned that ICs differ in their approach to operating under a Continuing Resolution. A CR means that government agencies such as the NIH can operate as if they had the prior…| Drugmonkey
As I noted in a prior post, the Cycle I NIH Grant awards (submitted in Feb-Mar, Reviewed Jun-July, Council Aug) with a first possible funding date of December 1 hardly ever are funded on time. This…| Drugmonkey
This one you can chalk up to Congress| Drugmonkey
