The young and the bold, funded
The National Institutes of Health awarded more than 100 new grants for high-risk research or innovative work being done by young investigators, the agency linkurl:announced;https://www.nih.gov/news/health/sep2009/od-24.htm today (September 24). Approximately $350 million was awarded as part of the NIH director's High-Risk Research Awards program. The 115 new grants come in three flavors: 42 Transformative R01 (T-R01) Awards to researchers who make innovative ideas central to their work, 18 Pion
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From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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