Friday, January 20, 2012

The Challenge of Getting Your First Grant Before You Retire ...

According to a new study recently published in PLoS ONE, US-based biomed researchers obtain their first NIH grants at the average age of 42 (sic!).  I don't need any other argument to keep away from this career path...

Age Comparison between NIH PIs and First-Time Recipients with Nobel Recipients, 1980- 2010, Matthews et al., PLoS ONE, 2011; click to enlarge

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