Monthly Archives: April 2012
Golden Goose Award Coming
Golden fleece or golden eggs? A new award will highlight the often unexpected or serendipitous nature of basic scientific research by honoring federally funded researchers whose work may once have been viewed as unusual, odd or obscure, but has … Continue reading
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How to Address Bias in Peer Review?
Science and Prejudice, a Forum article in the February 2012 Scientific American by David Kaplan questions the cause of disparity in success rates for NIH research proposals received from white and black applicants. If racial bias is not a likely explanation … Continue reading
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