Enabling partnerships for Alzheimer's disease drug development—meeting report
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... --Charles Dickens.
These words sum up the state of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research, specifically therapy development, over the last few years.
On the one hand, the budget climate and dismal therapeutic results cloud the future. On the other hand, there are tremendous opportunities presented by the U.S. National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and by the emergence of systems and precision medicine. These could transform AD research and drug development. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 12, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Suzana Petanceska, Program Director, Division of Neuroscience Source Type: blogs
No coffee for you!
You’ve traveled overnight between back-to-back meetings, rushed from the airport to a hotel in Bethesda, and dragged your bags and yourself to a stale ballroom just in time to review tons of grant applications in a single day. You open the door and breathe a sigh of relief when you see the welcoming scene of your smiling Scientific Review Officer (SRO), your colleagues, and of course light refreshments–
[sound of record screeching to a halt] (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - June 5, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Rebecca Ferrell, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Why the delay? NIA & #039;s funding policy for fiscal year 2013
Our fiscal year 2013 budget was finalized March 26, but we were unable to post our funding policy until May 8. This year, as in every other year, my team worked hard to get a funding policy published absolutely as fast as we could once we knew our budget. In previous years, we have been able to publish our funding policy more quickly. Why the delay this year? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 29, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Why the delay? NIA's funding policy for fiscal year 2013
Our fiscal year 2013 budget was finalized March 26, but we were unable to post our funding policy until May 8. This year, as in every other year, my team worked hard to get a funding policy published absolutely as fast as we could once we knew our budget. In previous years, we have been able to publish our funding policy more quickly. Why the delay this year? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 29, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Payline is 13 for NIA-reviewed grant applications?
Buried within our NIA 2013 funding policy is the apparently shocking statement that our payline for NIA-reviewed research grant applications is 13. When the top score is 10 and the lowest possible score is 90, then a 13 is little short of perfect. We worry about this too. We know that we are leaving some truly outstanding work unpaid. How did this happen? (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 22, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Welcome to NIA ’s new blog
I & rsquo;m excited to announce something new for researchers. Inside NIA, our new blog, begins with this post. If you are a grantee, applicant, trainee, or anyone else in the scientific and advocacy communities please read and share it. Comment freely when an issue grabs you. Let it be your blog, too. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 15, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
Welcome to NIA’s new blog
I’m excited to announce something new for researchers. Inside NIA, our new blog, begins with this post. If you are a grantee, applicant, trainee, or anyone else in the scientific and advocacy communities please read and share it. Comment freely when an issue grabs you. Let it be your blog, too. (Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers)
Source: Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers - May 15, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Robin Barr, Director of the Division of Extramural Activities Source Type: blogs
