Peer review, self-publishing, and blowhards
Should I self-publish my work? This is a question many academics and authors ask themselves these days. I had a discussion the other day on Facebook that started with this
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The effects of sequestration… a report from the field
So I have it on reasonable authority that the pay line at the NSF/MCB is hovering at around the 10% mark (May, 2013). This is in contrast to their usual
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Eating crow about the NIH grant lottery
For years I've been teaching that grants aren't a lottery. I've been teaching that if you write a sufficiently good grant, you can skew the odds enough in your
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NIH Grant Writing Tips: The Significance of “Significance”
Once upon a time, the NIH had you lead the body of your grant proposal with a section titled "Background and Significance." Then they messed everything up by taking out
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Discovering Love in a great talk
A few years ago I gave a talk in the biochem department at UNC. Afterwards I went out for lunch with my mentor, and he berated me. (Did I mention
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