BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Editor's note: Lead compounds for drug discovery do not always need a high-technology genesis, as Antonio Carlos Martins de Camargo, M.D., Ph.D., explains. Dr. Martins de Camargo also describes the education and technology transfer functions of the Center for Applied Toxinology that help develop career opportunities for pharmaceutical research in Brazil. We thank Marcia ...
Highlights this month from Next Wave's Career Development Center Science-at-a-DistanceGrantDoctor A study shows that electronic collaboration doesn't work as well as the more traditional kind. Also: The GrantDoctor reviews the funding basics for foreign scientists in the U.S. in Europe. Negotiating a Faculty Position by S. Eckert and J. Boss You don't want to come off as a greedy Gus, but it's im...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Program: Postdoctoral Scholarship Program Deadline: 15 January 2006 Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and biology as well as oceanography. These competitive awards are designed ...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX If someone asks me about the skills required in my profession, my first answer is always "patience." That's not because wheels turn slowly in public relations, or because one's own pattern of work has to be adapted to those of clients and service partners. It's rather due to the need to explain why I came up with the idea of studying dietetics--a programme most people ne...
GrantsNet is a searchable, continuously updated, database of research funding opportunities, with listings of programs for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty. The following list is a sampling of current opportunities in neuroscience found in GrantsNet, presented in order of deadline closing-dates. FRAXA Research Foundation These programs promote research...
The GrantDoctor: Most funding programs for postdocs are aimed at new postdocs and last for only 3 years or so, but these days it usually takes more than 3 years to find an independent position. So what's an older postdoc to do? New Graduate Programs National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences: Initiative for Minority Students: Bridges to the Doctoral Degree Cancer...
The GrantDoctor Highlights this month from Next Wave's Career Development Center NSF's Discovery Corps and Other Transition Awards by The GrantDoctor For U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the training phase, fellowships may be challenging to attain, but they are not so difficult to locate... if the goal is to become a research scientist. On Balanceby Irene S. Levine Do you find it hard to e...
Biomedical Funding News August 2005 – 24 New Items New Graduate Programs American Philosophical Society: Franklin Research Grants Research Corporation: Research Opportunity Awards American Association of Neurological Surgeons: Research Fellowship American Association for Cancer Research: AACR-Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award Immune Deficiency Foundation: U.S. Immunodeficiency Network Osteo...
Highlights this month from Next Wave's Career Development Center Science-at-a-DistanceGrantDoctor A study shows that electronic collaboration doesn't work as well as the more traditional kind. Also: The GrantDoctor reviews the funding basics for foreign scientists in the U.S. in Europe. Negotiating a Faculty Position by S. Eckert and J. Boss You don't want to come off as a greedy Gus, but it's im...
Highlights this month from Next Wave's Career Development Center Hey Dude, Where's My Grant?GrantDoctor At least a few scientists who got good scores on NIH grants have been wondering where their money is. The GrantDoctor looks under all the sofa cushions on the NIH sofa. Also: funding for foreign scientists in the U.S. Academic Entrepreneurship - Waiting Until the Time is Right. J Kling Corey Go...
Highlights this month from Next Wave's Career Development Center Short-Term Startup by The GrantDoctor Is it possible to fund the startup of a lab in a soft-money position? Plus, an NRSA Fellow tries to play the percentages. To Tell or Not To Tell by Irene S. Levine When you are newly diagnosed with a condition that is expected to last months or maybe years, you face medical, emotional, social, a...
The GrantDoctor: For PEET's Sake NSF's PEET program, notes the GrantDoctor, is a model training program in most respects. Yet no one seems to know how many more taxonomists we need, and we're still turning 'em out. Graduate Programs Just Added to the Database American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology: ERT Faculty Development Award American Association for Cancer Research: AACR Minority ...
Highlights this month from Next Wave's Career Development Center Science-at-a-DistanceGrantDoctor-Program Officers Behaving Badly What to do if your program officer still won't call you back. Also: Preliminary data for predoc proposals? To Fund or Not to Fund by S. Eckert and J. Boss Our Scientists at Work columnists provide tips on how to handle your first grant-reviewing assignments. Attention ...
