Day: December 10, 2012

NIH Study Section

The NIH funding process according to John Ioannidis: “Conformity” and “mediocrity”?

John Ioannidis published a paper that concluded that the NIH study section process prioritizes "safe" science and "conformity." Is he correct, or is this an exaggeration that uses a view of science that "brave mavericks" advance science far more rapidly than teams collaborating to make incremental progress?

/ December 10, 2012