Table 1 Top ten hits: Ranked by number of individual page views, the ten most popular entries on the NIH Rock Talk blog generated varying numbers of comments.
Blog post title | Summary | Number of comments |
|---|---|---|
1. Age Distribution of NIH Principal Investigators and Medical School Faculty | Compares the average age of NIH principal investigators (PIs) to that of medical-school faculty members, showing that more scientists are becoming PIs later in life and retiring later. | 63 |
Explains the relationship between the various scores applicants receive for grants, and how those correlate to success rates. | 52 | |
Statistics on funding for the 2011 fiscal year. | 12 | |
Details on the 2011 success rates, and an explanation of how to find this information on RePORT.nih.gov. | 46 | |
5. How Do You Think We Should Manage Science in Fiscally Challenging Times? | Interactive data on the effect of potential policy changes, and an invitation for scientists to comment on how best to manage the NIH during times of austerity. | 253 |
Funding rates for NIH applicants with PhDs, MDs or both. | 19 | |
7. The A2 Resubmission Policy Continues: A Closer Look at Recent Data | Data showing that preventing applicants from resubmitting proposals twice enables the NIH to award more proposals earlier in the application process, and doesn't penalize young investigators. | 79 |
Proposed 2013 budget and follow-up post to 'How Do You Think We Should Manage Science in Fiscally Challenging Times?'. | 56 | |
A closer look at postdoc support, scientists' salaries and time to first tenure-track job, using data from the US National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates. | 27 | |
Announcement of the decision to add an extra layer of review for well-funded applicants. | 55 |
