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More time doing research, less time applying for money – sounds great, right?
As I’ve mentioned on here before – if you are involved in health research in Canada, you should read the CIHR’s proposed changes to its granting system. This is a chance to assess and give your opinion before things are … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
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CIHR Updates: Budget 2012 and Science Policy Fellowships
Today’s post is actually two mini-posts – one on CIHR’s response to Budget 2012 and the other on the announcement of their Science Policy Fellowship program. Response to Budget 2012 Earlier this month, CIHR President Alain Beaudet released a message concerning … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Policy
Tagged Budget 2012, Canada, CIHR, CIHR Science Policy Fellowship, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, non-academic jobs, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, Training, University
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A Difficult Pill to Swallow: The Harsh Realities of a 15% Funding Rate
A country’s biomedical advancement and innovation is intimately linked to its investment in academic research (Measure for Measure: Chemical Research & Development Powers the U.S. Innovation Engine). Funding for research comes almost entirely from government and private donors (Stossel, T.P., … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Policy
Tagged biomedical research, Canada, CIHR, Education: The PhD Factory, fellowship, funding, funding rates, Government, Graduate Student, grant funding, money, NIH, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, postdoc, R01 grants, Training, United States, University
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Biomedical Research and Broken Clocks: All the Parts, but No Instructions
The day-to-day rigors of academic biomedical research are difficult to appreciate, and it is necessary that scientists share their perspective of the knowledge market with politicians and government representatives who are burdened with making difficult decisions on our behalf. Unlike … Continue reading
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Tagged biomedical research, Canada, education, Employment, funding, Government, Jobs, money, Policy, R&D, research and development, Science, science and society, University
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CIHR Grant Reform: Speak now or forever hold your peace
Over the last months, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have conducted an extensive review of their grant programs and have released a document to describe these changes. In a demonstration of top tier accountability, they have opened a … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, Policy
Tagged Alain Beaudet, Canada, CIHR, education, fellowship, funding, Government, grants, money, operating grants, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, Science, Training, University
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Bring home the (scientific) troops!
Read related entries to this post: Pitching solutions: Transition awards and Targeted Hiring The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research Repatriating young Canadian … Continue reading
Posted in General, Policy
Tagged biomedical research, Budget 2010, business, Canada, CIHR, degrees, doctors, education, Employment, Faculty jobs, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Health Canada, industry canada, Leona Aglukkaq, PDF, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, Science, SSHRC, Stephen Harper, Training, University
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2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past
A landmark decision was made late last month by the Ontario Labour Relations Board regarding the status of postdoctoral fellows. Jesse Greener, President of the University of Toronto’s Postdoc Association has recently, and nicely, summarised the impacts of this ruling … Continue reading
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Tagged Budget 2010, Canada, Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars, Canadian Taxes, CAPS, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Jesse Greener, McGill, money, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, scholarship, taxes, Training, University, UofT PDA
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Who do universities want to hire – scientists or politicians?
In his article The Vanishing Voter, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson makes a statement about modern political campaigns that made me a little nauseous: Ambition, manipulation, and deception have become as prominent as issues of policy and leadership You might scoff at … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Training, General, Policy, Science Communication
Tagged Canada, CIHR, degrees, education, Employment, fellowship, funding, Government, Graduate Student, Jobs, life choices, money, NSERC, PDF, Peer Review, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, publications, scholarship, Science, science and society, scientist metric, selling science, SSHRC, Training, University
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Quick Hit: CSPC online audio/video and our new Facebook Page
Just a couple of quick weekend updates: 1. Full video/audio coverage of the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference is now online. Our session was on the Education and Training of Scientists: many of the ideas driving the session are in these articles. 2. … Continue reading
Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research
The Black Hole is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to its team of regular bloggers. Jonathan approached us last month to publish a series of articles on building a better support structure for young biomedical scientists in Canada … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, fellowship, funding, Government, investment in research, Jobs, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, research, Science, Training, University
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