Reposted by Rebecca Turk MacLeod
The deadline is approaching! NIH is proposing changes to how peer review is used in funding decisions and how outcomes are reported and they want to hear from you. Comments are due by October 13! Comment here: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
![Nature, which previously reported on NSF’s grants shortfall, said it can “be attributed mainly” to the agency keeping more than $1 billion in an account, much of which is for the White House’s Grand Research Challenges project, which is meant to support specific fields, including artificial intelligence. The project was mentioned in one line in a Sept. 10 NSF memo: “In the coming weeks and months, NSF will announce a series of Grand Research Challenges to take thesis-driven bets that stand to unlock new frontiers of S&T [science and technology].”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l6arnocvhn2zrll2gn6xlxn2/bafkreigeeuixy2hyhxsvqcsqz7vvnahfxz6kcjt4fxmw4mqhb46ud2hmzq)
