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Projects funded by the National Institutes of Health increasingly employ subjective and promotional language in describing research, a study finds.

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NIH: Grant Applicants Can Cite Preprints

Open Letter Leads to Peer Review Changes

Researchers to CIHR: Reverse Peer Review Changes

Interdisciplinary Research Attracts Less Funding

Finding Funding for Rejected NIH Proposals

Improving Federal Oversight of HHS Grantees

Assessing Research Productivity

China Shakes Up Research Funding

NSF: Researchers Need Regulation Relief

New Resubmission Policy at NIH

Troubled Grant Giver Can Resume

Impact Forecasts Cloudy

Science, Stalled

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Federally Funded Researchers Fear Shutdown Delays

Opinion: Reviewing Reviewers

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Opinion: Learning from Peer Review

Holdren Defends NSF Grant Review

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