Genuinely cannot parse this sentence.

Huh? "Now that ICOs will not rely on funding paylines when developing their pay plans, it should be clearer for applicants to know the award decision was not made only based on overall impact score, without necessarily considering the additional valuable information provided by peer review."

Is this like how you can drop off a baby at a fire station?

What's this mean for NIH-funded scientists?

It means the next time that Trump/RFK/JB want to terminate grants on topics they don't like, they'll have less trouble in court defending their actions.

It also means less certainty for scientists, less research, and more harm to US scientific leadership

We knew this regulation was going into effect, but we didn't yet know whether and how NIH might seek to use it.

Yesterday, we found out. NIH will indeed add specific language to new grant terms and, in doing so, it'll preserve the option to use this new power.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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The OpEd writers have never led us astray

But it worked out so well elsewhere

I keep refreshing this thread for when you reach the end

It would be truly something if we get yet another counter narrative from David Remnick.

Yeah, friends who run recommended it to me as an after-exercise replenisher: electrolytes and carbs!

I biked across Czechia and Germany and every local, centuries-old brewery had an NA option that was delicious and perfect for the end of a sweaty day when I didn't want my head all swimmy from real beer.