The number of proposals plummeted, from 804 in 2014 to just 327 in the 11 months from April 2015 to March... So far, she says, there have been no effects on the demographics of who is applying, such as the age of the principal investigator or the type of university they are applying from. Because of a lag in decisions, she hasn’t yet measured the expected rise in success rates."
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On May 11-13, the 2016 NIH Regional Seminar is being held in Baltimore, Maryland at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. This workshop will cover all aspects of grant-making processes with the NIH for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, from how to find a funding opportunity to how to comply with post award requirements such as the Public Access Policy. More information here: http://regionalseminars.od.nih.gov/baltimore2016/
The OHRP-sponsored Research Community Forum will take place June 21-22 at the Lowes Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. This year's theme is "The Changing Landscape of Research: Where do we go from here?" and will focus on recent and proposed changes to research as it pertains to human subjects. Everyone from physicians to students are invited to participate in this event. More information at this link.
David A. Armstrong, the president of Thomas More College in Kentucky, provides his opinion on the proposed increase to the federal salary threshold from the current $23,660 (which is lower than New York State's requirement) to $50,440. Read "Potentially Dire Impacts" on Inside Higher Ed's website.
