#NIH wants to know about your lags in productivity
►http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2011/02/nih_wants_to_know_about_your_l.html
The biomedical funding agency is giving scientists the opportunity to explain lags in productivity in their grant applications.
Rather than a nod to Generation X scientists who grew up watching films like Slacker and Clerks, the policy is intended to help scientists balance their family and personal lives with research, without being penalized on grant applications.