Hard times for DFG

Hard times.

Hard times.

Hard Times for Computer Science

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Hard Times for Unions: Challenging Times for Scholars

It is rather disconcerting to open an envelope from a law review and find enclosed a manuscript of a forthcoming article to which the editors are asking you to respond. In this case, a quick glance at the opening page of Hard Times for Unions1 revealed that Professors LaLonde and Meltzer were referring to my article, Promises to Keep,2 as a "celebrated work." I knew full well, though, that thei...

Re-aim blame for NIH's hard times.

ANXIETY AND ANGER ARE RIFE AMONG THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY OVER THE dwindling fortunes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The anxiety is justified: Success rates for grant applications have fallen, on average, from over 30% in 2003 to under 20% (and to even less at some Institutes), and the Bush administration’s budget projections imply further declines. But the anger is anothe...