Scientific collaboration arises in many different ways, but success requires a commitment from both sides and good personal contacts. This is amply demonstrated by the longstanding links that have developed from an initial contact between myself and Chen Jianping of the virology department at the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ZAAS) in Hangzhou, China. The story began with a British m...
When the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) surveyed its postdoctoral fellows in 2003, more than 1,300 of them answered questions ranging from marital and family status to their views on the value of a good salary, flexible hours, and other workplace issues. One result was particularly worrying. While women and men both felt equally well trained for a career in academic science, women were le...
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To succeed in drug discovery today, you need to be a jack of many trades and a master of (at least) one. Depth and breadth. Both are required of scientists working on making new drugs. So say managers in big pharma, biotech, and government programs in drug discovery and development. "When you're working toward a Ph.D., you're focused like a laser on whatever your area of work is," says Joe Bolen,...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs Alzheimer's Association. Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care (ETAC) Research Grant Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care (ETAC) is a cooperative research-funding initiative sponsored by the ...
Love science? Want to work in a company or a government agency? Amgen hired 4,000 people worldwide last year, a good number of them scientists. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added nearly 50 new project managers to its Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) in Washington, D.C. Want more education first? Georgia Tech seeks “Ph.D.-caliber students” for its professional Master’s p...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * Student and institutional support programs * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs California HIV/AIDS Research Program. California HIV/AIDS Research Program The California HIV/AIDS Research Program at the University of California reque...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald. Alfried Krupp Fellowships The Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald will award three to six Alfried Krupp Senior Fellowships and three to six Alf...
Complex scientific problems and socially relevant issues are challenging scientists to find new ways to integrate knowledge from multiple and disparate fields.
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Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs American Brain Tumor Association. Basic Research Fellowships These 2-year training awards support the salaries of young researchers entering the field of brain tumor research. This is often the firs...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * Student and institutional support programs * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery for Alzheimer's Disease The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) funds ...
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"You don't care about the European research area and these sorts of things; you go to places where your career is best served." "You don't care about the European research area and these sorts of things; you go to places where your career is best served." European research institutions seek to diversify funding sources as well as their work force. In 2002, the European Union (EU) set a goal, refe...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * Student and institutional support programs * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs American Heart Association - Founders Affiliate. Founders Affiliate - Postdoctoral Fellowship This fellowship is designed to help trainees initiate a car...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * Student and institutional support programs * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs American Heart Association. AHA-PRT Outcomes Research Postdoctoral Fellowships The American Heart Association-Pharmaceutical Roundtable Outcomes Research...
In 2002, the European Union (EU) set a goal, referred to as the Lisbon strategy, that member states should be spending 3 percent of their gross domestic product on research and development by the year 2010. At present only a few countries are at that level, such as Sweden (3.9 percent) and Finland (3.5 percent). Powerhouses such as Germany (2.5 percent), France (2.1 percent), and the UK (1.7 perc...
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Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * Student and institutional support programs * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs American Brain Tumor Association. Special Project Discovery Grant The American Brain Tumor Association announces a new Special Project Discovery Grant pr...
Money from a spigot. Credit: Comstock (Image: Comstock) In This Issue: XML symbol RSS feed * Research funding * Student and institutional support programs * GrantsNet Express * Deadline Watch * GrantsNet sponsorship New Research Funding Programs Alpha-1 Foundation. Alpha-1 Foundation Research Grants The objective of this grant is to provide funds to encourage the development of new information th...
