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Hot Dogs, Cancer Cells, Replication, and AI
That might seem like a fairly random title, but I promise it’s not
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Stuart Buck
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March 2024

Do We Fund New Research or Not?
A not-well-kept secret is that a great way to get funding from NIH is to stagger your applications such that you: 1) do a round of experiments and pick…
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Stuart Buck
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Mystery Language in the Federal Budget
In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act asked the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to create a “Research Policy Board” that would take a…
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Stuart Buck
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Three thoughts on "high-risk" research
The best scientific research can be unpredictable and not easily measurable by the usual metrics (citations, publications, etc.). Indeed, when agencies…
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Stuart Buck
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February 2024

Why Are We Screwing Over Researchers Who Make Innovative Discoveries?
Current federal law allows universities to patent discoveries made with federal funding, but numerous empirical studies show that innovation is greater…
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Stuart Buck
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NIH and March-In Rights under Bayh-Dole
If you didn’t tune in for the riveting Senate hearing over the nomination of the new NIH Director Monica Bertagnolli, you might have missed the…
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Stuart Buck
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The Value of Stability in Scientific Funding, and Why We Need Better Data
A fascinating paper was just released online: “Scientific Talent Leaks Out of Funding Gaps,” by Wei Yang Tham, Joseph Staudt, Elisabeth Ruth Perlman…
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Stuart Buck
Upcoming Chances to Influence NIH
Two exciting opportunities in the works: First, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) released a “Request for Information…
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Stuart Buck
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January 2024

A Sign of the Times
A New York Times headline from earlier this week: “The Billionaires Spending a Fortune to Lure Scientists Away From Universities.” We’ve already seen…
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Stuart Buck
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We've Made Some Metascience Progress Since 1910, but Not Enough
With a few stylistic alterations, the passage below wouldn’t be too out of place today: We are at present almost wantonly ignorant and careless in…
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Stuart Buck
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Texas Gas Stations, NIH-Sponsored Post-Docs, and the Foolishness of Artificially Subsidizing Demand
Gas Stations in Texas This is a photo that I recently took outside of a gas station between Houston and Austin: Now, if you haven’t been to a Buc-ee’s…
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Stuart Buck
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November 2023

The Paperwork Reduction Act Is Terrible, and We Should Eliminate or Reform It
The Paperwork Reduction Act sounds boring and tedious, but it’s actually quite fascinating: it shows how an effort to improve government can ironically…
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