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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 04, 2012 3:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:EXTRAMURALNEXUS@LIST.NIH.GOV" target="_blank">EXTRAMURALNEXUS@LIST.NIH.GOV</a><br><b>Subject:</b> NIH Update: More Investigator Funding Data, 1.5M Special Review Pilot, and Partnering with Industry<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;background:white"><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/nexus-by-date/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCCA13.B79C1270" alt="OER Nexus" border="0" height="108" width="731"></span></b></a><span><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt;background:white"><u></u><img src="cid:image005.jpg@01CD4287.81FE7E90" alt="Dr. Sally Rockey" align="left" height="118" hspace="12" width="86"><u></u><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/25/a-look-at-funding-rates-of-phds-at-different-institution-types/" title="Permalink to A Look at Funding Rates of PhDs at Different Institution Types" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">A Look at Funding Rates of PhDs at Different Institution Types </span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888">Posted on</span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888"> <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/25/a-look-at-funding-rates-of-phds-at-different-institution-types/" title="3:30 pm" target="_blank"><span><span style="color:#888888">May 25, 2012</span></span></a> <span>by</span> <span><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/author/sally-rockey/" title="View all posts by Sally Rockey" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888">Sally Rockey</span></a></span> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.3pt;line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">A few blogs ago, I provided information about investigators and different institution types. Let’s cut the data a couple additional ways. <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/25/a-look-at-funding-rates-of-phds-at-different-institution-types/" target="_blank">Continue reading <span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0066cc" lang="JA">→</span></span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/18/piloting-the-1-5m-special-review/" title="Permalink to Piloting the $1.5M Special Review" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">Piloting the $1.5M Special Review </span></a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888">Posted on</span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888"> <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/18/piloting-the-1-5m-special-review/" title="2:09 pm" target="_blank"><span><span style="color:#888888">May 18, 2012</span></span></a> <span>by</span> <span><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/author/sally-rockey/" title="View all posts by Sally Rockey" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888">Sally Rockey</span></a></span> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.3pt;line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Back in February, I posted on our fiscal year 2013 Presidential budget request. One of the things I mentioned was an additional review that we were considering for applications from investigators that have received NIH funds of $1.5M or more in total costs. <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/18/piloting-the-1-5m-special-review/" target="_blank">Continue reading <span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0066cc" lang="JA">→</span></span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/14/does-your-institution-matter/" title="Permalink to Does Your Institution Matter?" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Does Your Institution Matter? </span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888">Posted on</span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888"> <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/14/does-your-institution-matter/" title="7:54 am" target="_blank"><span><span style="color:#888888">May 14, 2012</span></span></a> <span>by</span> <span><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/author/sally-rockey/" title="View all posts by Sally Rockey" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888">Sally Rockey</span></a></span> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.3pt;line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">In one of my recent posts, I looked at the question of whether the degree you hold makes a difference in your likelihood of achieving funding. <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/14/does-your-institution-matter/" target="_blank">Continue reading <span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0066cc" lang="JA">→</span></span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/04/exciting-new-program/" title="Permalink to Exciting New Program" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Exciting New Program </span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888">Posted on</span></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#888888"> <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/04/exciting-new-program/" title="10:08 am" target="_blank"><span><span style="color:#888888">May 4, 2012</span></span></a> <span>by</span> <span><a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/author/sally-rockey/" title="View all posts by Sally Rockey" target="_blank"><span style="color:#888888">Sally Rockey</span></a></span> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.3pt;line-height:16.3pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">Imagine if you had a partnership with industry where you had access to compounds never before available to you, which you could use to test ideas for new therapeutics and identify promising new treatments. <a href="http://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2012/05/04/exciting-new-program/" target="_blank">Continue reading <span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0066cc" lang="JA">→</span></span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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