News: Seven questions for Congress Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 24th June 2008 06:41 PM GMT] With all the obsession over who will take over the White House in 2009, it's easy to forget that November will see hundreds of other US national elections. These will concern Congress, and ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: NIH peer review "review" ends Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 6th June 2008 07:36 PM GMT] The NIH has wrapped up its year-long effort to reform the way it reviews grant applications, releasing today (June 6) a report that focuses on changes such as shortening and redesigning applications, making it easier for good reviewers to serve, and ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this news story News: Good tenure news, for a change Posted by Alison McCook [Entry posted at 3rd June 2008 09:13 PM GMT] Some of you may remember Aleister Saunders, the Alzheimer's researcher at Drexel University in Philadelphia who was kind enough to open up about the difficult process he went through to apply for tenure. (You can read his story in our ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

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