In Praise of the Disappearing Art of In-Person Peer ReviewScientific research pre-1950 was a far smaller and less organized effort than what is currently offered. As the enormous value of…Aug 12Aug 12
Shiny, happy, oblivious scienceThe government of Canada released a budget on April 19th, 2021, the first for two years. It was, as anticipated, a high spending, deficit…May 7, 20211May 7, 20211
Groundhog Day —an extended Winter?The Canadian Institutes of Health Research runs two primary funding competitions a year, in the Spring and Fall. The one last Spring…Feb 2, 20211Feb 2, 20211
Back in the CIHRIt’s been awhile since posting anything about the Canadian Institutes of Health Research but given there are no other distractions today…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
A Modest Proposal to CIHRThe CIHR Spring Project competition was running well. By February 5th, 2020 some 2716 applications had been registered and the deadline…May 12, 20205May 12, 20205
Funding, funding everywhere and not a drop to drinkThere’s a federal election in Canada this Fall and all of the political parties are already jockeying for attention of potential voters…Jul 22, 2019Jul 22, 2019
Let’s Talk CIHR (part 4)This is also the last input I intend to submit and it concerns the Project grant competition. There are two other survey topics on…Jun 11, 2019Jun 11, 2019
Let’s Talk CIHR (Part 3)So now the spotlight is on the Institutes… CIHR has 13 virtual institutes that each have a budget of ~$8 million and change and a mandate…Jun 10, 2019Jun 10, 2019
Let’s Talk CIHR (part 2)In this episode, I’m answering the survey question, “How should CIHR spend its money?”Jun 7, 2019Jun 7, 2019