Live Online Q&A on Funding People, Not Projects
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Numerous challenges, such as an increase in competition for funding, face the US biomedical workforce and threaten to undermine the progress of the research enterprise. Dr. Ronald Germain (NIAID), a thought leader in the scientific community, links many of these issues to how the NIH funds biomedical research. He proposed, both in a Cell paper and an iBiology talk, to replace the R01 grant system with one that supports individuals, not projects, and holds the recipients accountable through retrospective review. He argues that a system like this “would permit creative, unfettered research by new investigators, better tie ongoing research contributions to continued funding, and help match the number of investigators seeking support with available funds.” His proposal is influenced by the successful funding programs of the NIH Intramural Program and the HHMI.
Join us on Tuesday October 20th, 2015 for a live Q&A with Dr. Ronald Germain to talk about the need to reform the NIH R01 grant system and to dive deeper into his “person-not-project”-based proposal. Dr. Ronald Germain is chief of the Lymphocyte Biology Section and Laboratory of Systems Biology at the NIAID (NIH). The event will be moderated by Dr. Ron Vale, a UCSF professor, HHMI investigator, and founder of iBiology.
The views expressed by Germain are his own and not those of the NIAID, NIH, or DHHS.