Join the Women of Color Research Network
I went to medical school at a time when women were just beginning to be seen in large numbers in medicine and science. My class at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine was a quarter women, and that was the largest proportion they’d ever had. I ran into all of the challenges you’d imagine—being one of a very few minority women on clinical rotations, being picked on or ignored because I was female or because I was black, or maybe both. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 16, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Go4Life: the NIA health education campaign
Did you know that the National Institute on Aging has a national health education campaign? Launched in 2011, Go4Life® encourages older adults to reap health benefits by making physical activity part of their daily lives. If you do research with older adults or on senior wellness and health education programs, you might be especially interested in the details of our campaign. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - July 9, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chhanda Dutta, Chief, Clinical Gerontology Branch, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
Maybe we should call it “just-in-case” rather than “just-in-time”
So, you just received an automated email that asks you to submit “just-in-time” information for your application. Does that mean NIA is going to pay it? I wish! Unfortunately, that just-in-time request brings false hope to too many. Here’s some explanation of the just-in-time messages and our data on who gets funded. It might help you consider the priority of responding to a just-in-time request for information, if your application to NIA has a percentile score of 21 or poorer. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 25, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Genetics data available for secondary analysis
Looking for genetic, health, and medical data to use in your research? Are you thinking of investigating genetic risks and influences on health conditions, particularly those related to aging but wondering how to get the data? Qualified researchers can now for the first time access data from one of the United States’ largest and most diverse genomics projects—the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging (GERA). The GERA cohort, at Kaiser Permanente Northern California system, has data on 78,000 members. You can apply to use these data in your research. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 18, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Winnie Rossi, Deputy Director, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology Source Type: blogs
Popular posts of year 1
Now is your chance to catch up on popular posts from the NIA blog for researchers. Can you believe we’ve been blogging for a year already? What additional topics could we cover that would be of interest to you? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 11, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: NIA Blog Team, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
MDs are not applying for K awards
Over the years I have spoken to hundreds of people about career development (K) awards. One of the best days of my week is Tuesday, when I reserve the full day for phone calls with investigators, mentors, and prospective applicants. These conversations indicate how research has fundamentally changed. Technological advances, sophisticated tools, and the need to be facile with large data sets both define and demand a team science approach. Yet, one critical member of the team—the physician-scientist—is unaccounted for. First you see MD, now you don’t! (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 4, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chyren Hunter, Deputy Director and Training Officer, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Consider small business funding opportunities
Most government funding agencies, including the NIH, have special pots of money reserved for small businesses. “But M-D,” you say, “I’m in academia, I’m a scientist—what does business funding have to do with me?” But before you dismiss this funding opportunity, I invite you to look a little more closely. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 21, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Michael-David Kerns, Small Business Program Coordinator, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Are you getting everything that NIH has to offer?
The National Institutes of Health puts out a lot of information for researchers. Websites, email newsletters, help desks… we really want to help you find your way to the resources you need. Check out the list below to make sure you’re not missing out on funding announcements and other important updates about applications, review, and other grants policies relevant to you and your work. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 14, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Britt Ehrhardt, Technical Writer/Editor Office of Communications and Public Liaison Source Type: blogs
Activity codes —why not R01 and only R01?
An R01 research project grant is the dollar bill of NIH. It is our most recognized award, our most common award, our most flexible award, and our most understood award. So why is it not our only award? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 7, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Activity codes—why not R01 and only R01?
An R01 research project grant is the dollar bill of NIH. It is our most recognized award, our most common award, our most flexible award, and our most understood award. So why is it not our only award? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 7, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Encouraging older adults to participate in research
Do you struggle to recruit older participants into your research? Researchers tell us that recruiting older adults—especially from underrepresented groups—is challenging, while the need for participants is great. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 30, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Nina Silverberg, Assistant Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Centers Program, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
New resubmission policy
Half the reason for writing this time is to allow you a forum on our site to comment on what the new NIH resubmission policy means for the NIA community. But the other half of the reason is to explain what it might mean for us at NIA. As a refresher, the new resubmission policy means that after an unsuccessful A1 submission (or A0 submission) investigators may submit a similar application as a new (A0) application. NIH will not review the new submission for similarity to the prior application. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 23, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Working with Congress
The NIA recently hired someone new, Melinda Kelley, to help us work with Congress, outside groups, and others who would like to interact with NIA leadership. The person who previously filled this role, the wonderful Tamara Jones, retired at the beginning of the year.
Government agencies like the NIA must have a point of contact for Members of Congress and their staff. Legislation, including appropriations, affects all aspects of biomedical research. We communicate with Congress about programs and policies, providing information about new initiatives and developments in research. We also provide technical assistance when re...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 16, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging Source Type: blogs
Percentiling at NIA: sometimes we do. And sometimes we don ’t.
Why do some grant applications receive a percentile rank and others not? Applications for an NIA grant that are reviewed at the NIH Center for Scientific Review, or CSR, get a percentile rank. Applications for an NIA grant that are reviewed at the National Institute on Aging, through review panels organized by our NIA scientific review staff, do not receive percentile ranks. If an application is reviewed by NIA, we give it a priority score, not a percentile. This includes the R01s and investigator-initiated research grant applications that are reviewed at NIA. But this seems inconsistent! Either this means that we at NIA a...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 9, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Percentiling at NIA: sometimes we do. And sometimes we don’t.
Why do some grant applications receive a percentile rank and others not? Applications for an NIA grant that are reviewed at the NIH Center for Scientific Review, or CSR, get a percentile rank. Applications for an NIA grant that are reviewed at the National Institute on Aging, through review panels organized by our NIA scientific review staff, do not receive percentile ranks. If an application is reviewed by NIA, we give it a priority score, not a percentile. This includes the R01s and investigator-initiated research grant applications that are reviewed at NIA. But this seems inconsistent! Either this means that we at NIA a...
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - April 9, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
