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		<title>CIHR Updates:  Budget 2012 and Science Policy Fellowships</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is actually two mini-posts &#8211; one on CIHR&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/04/13/cihr-updates-budget-2012-and-science-policy-fellowships/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Difficult Pill to Swallow: The Harsh Realities of a 15% Funding Rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A country&#8217;s biomedical advancement and innovation is intimately linked to its investment in academic research (Measure for Measure: Chemical Research &#38; Development Powers the U.S. Innovation Engine). Funding for research comes almost entirely from government and private donors (Stossel, T.P., &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/04/12/a-difficult-pill-to-swallow-the-harsh-realities-of-a-15-funding-rate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly Summary:  Jonathan Thon starts with a flourish</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were thrilled this quarter to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to the Black Hole in the capacity of regular contributor.    He&#8217;s enthusiastically launched himself into the online blogging world with several articles and I&#8217;ve tried to scatter in a &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/04/04/quarterly-summary-jonathan-thon-starts-with-a-flourish/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CIHR Grant Reform: Speak now or forever hold your peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/03/12/cihr-grant-reform-speak-now-or-forever-hold-your-peace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bring home the (scientific) troops!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/03/01/bring-home-the-scientific-troops/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Taxes for Postdocs: Dredging up the Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Postdoc Association has recently, and nicely, summarised the impacts of this ruling &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/21/2012-taxes-for-postdocs-dredging-up-the-past/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read Jonathan&#8217;s earlier related entries to catch up on the series: Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research and The Problem: A lack of faculty positions at top-tier Canadian Universities and Research Institutes One approach, in which Canada is &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/16/pitching-solutions-transition-awards-and-targeted-hiring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who do universities want to hire &#8211; scientists or politicians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/09/who-do-universities-want-to-hire-scientists-or-politicians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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 &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/28/making-the-case-for-increased-federal-support-of-biomedical-research/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It can be done: Moving labs with your CIHR fellowship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CIHR Trainee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winning a postdoctoral fellowship is not trivial and when you land in a suboptimal research situation after bringing in your own money, things can get pretty stressful. Today&#8217;s post is a guest post from a former colleague of mine who &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/17/it-can-be-done-moving-labs-with-your-cihr-fellowship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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