NIH Sekrits
February 11, 2013
It is a little known #truefact of the NIH that every 500 logins or refreshes on your eRA Commons account improves your eagerly anticipated grant score by 1 percentile point.
DrugMonkey
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DrugMonkey 
February 11, 2013 at 7:09 am
But what if you’ve exceeded 50,000? What’s better than 1%ile?
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February 11, 2013 at 7:16 am
“Expedited Council Review”?
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February 11, 2013 at 8:43 am
Maybe in shit study sections. In good study sections it’s only 0.5%ile.
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February 11, 2013 at 8:56 am
This is all post-study section homes. Nothing to do with that.
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February 11, 2013 at 9:07 am
Then I am easily in the 1st percentile by now.
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February 11, 2013 at 9:12 am
Keep clicking my friends, keep clicking!
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February 11, 2013 at 9:20 am
I’m a goddamn rat pressing the lever for a pellet.
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February 11, 2013 at 11:16 am
Most SROs don’t release scores until 3 business days after study section – its pointless to repetitively click until day 3.
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February 11, 2013 at 11:38 am
Mine have been turning up much earlier than that. VI schedules are a bear!
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February 11, 2013 at 11:48 am
I read the SRO email wrong (see below):
“WHEN WILL SCORES BE AVAILABLE? Scores will be released to the NIH computer within three working days of the meeting and will be available immediately on NIH Commons. NIH policy states that I cannot give out your score; please do not call me for this information.”
Click away.
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February 12, 2013 at 3:10 pm
dammit, 31st percentile, I DIDN’T CLICK ENOUGH FFUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHHHH!!!
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February 12, 2013 at 3:19 pm
30 more clicks and you might have had a chance at funding Arlenna 😉
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February 13, 2013 at 4:53 pm
What’s better than 1%ile?
Ah the legendary 0% percentile. It is possible. Just login and quickly hit up-up-down-down left-right-left-right-A-B-start.
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