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Dr. Bouvier’s Personal Memories of Dr. Francis Collins, retired NIH Director.

Dr. Francis Collins recently announced his retirement from the federal government after a long and distinguished career in service. Many people have already written about his illustrious career. I had the great fortune to work for Dr. Collins, so I thought I would share some of my memories of him. While I was working as […]

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SBIR/STTR still going strong, but will it be renewed?  

For over 40 years, the U.S. federal government has provided non-dilutive funding for small businesses across the country through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs. Ten years after the initiation of SBIR, a companion effort was launched to support small businesses partnerships with research institutions, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. SBIR and/or

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Hybrid NIH Grant Training: A Cost-Effective Model for R-Series Success at Small to Mid-Sized Intuitions

2025 NORDP Presentation As research funding becomes increasingly competitive, organizations seek resources to give their researchers an advantage. Faculty development in grantwriting is one such resource. However, such an initiative comes with challenges: In-person consultant programs can be prohibitively expensive, and creating and running programs fully in-house requires a great deal of staff time and

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