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Within the next month, the University will finalize plans for meeting the new responsible research training requirements mandated by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation for all researchers, including undergraduates, supported by NIH or NSF funding, according to Harvard’s Chief Research Compliance Officer Mark Barnes...
...April 10 news article "Harvard To Institute Research Ethics Training" incorrectly stated that the University will finalize plans for meeting the new responsible research training requirements for "grant recipients conducting experiements on animals." In fact, the new policy applies to all researchers, including undergraduates, supported by NIH or NSF funding. The subheadline has also been changed to reflect the inaccuracy...
Although the NIH and NSF could always use additional funds, and while we laud the president’s ongoing crusade to expand the availability of higher education to low-income students, we reiterate our belief that fundamental reform is needed to rectify the unforgivably inadequacies of American education. Such reforms include expanding charter schools in order to encourage innovation, instituting merit-based pay for teachers in order to incentivize excellence, and raising teacher salaries to attract the best-qualified candidates to the teaching profession. The president’s Race to the Top program, which provides monetary incentives...
Astronomy professor Jonathan E. Grindlay was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call in September notifying him of a $772,000 NSF grant award—$231,000 more than he asked...
Though the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget proposal bolsters funding for NIH and NSF by 3.2 and 8 percent respectively, other agencies—including NASA—are unlikely to see a budget increase, Grindlay says...