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The State of U.S. research: fund only old ideas.

Publication: Manufacturing & Technology News
Publication Date: 19-OCT-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The average age of a researcher receiving his or her first grant from the National Institutes of Health rose to 42.6 in 2007. This is not good for young university researchers trying to win a grant to pursue unproven ideas. Only 21 percent of new investigators applying for an NIH award in 2007 successfully received a grant, compared with 24 percent for established researchers. Half of all of the research grant recipients receiving their first award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) never receive another award.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University know how hard it is to win grants. Only 13 percent of grant applications from CMU scientists to NSF result in an award, says Richard McCullough, vice president for research at Carnegie Mellon. "NIH hit rates have...

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