Interviews were conducted by the Principal Investigator – a female social scientist aged 35 – in Consultants' offices, a seminar room in the hospital or University.
Scientists age asteroids by surveying infrared light; older, weathered rocks tend to appear more reddish in these observations.
In 2001, NIH gave out 6635 "competing" research grants; of those, only 251--3.8%--went to scientists age 35 or younger.
Meanwhile, as Congress has pumped funds into doubling NIH's budget, the share of grants to scientists age 46 and older has grown sharply.
With more than 550 pieces, the Mindstorms EV3 kit may look a little daunting (it is intended for children and mad scientists aged 10 and above).
This effect turns out to be moderated by the scientist's age, such that the localized peer effect decreases with age and finally turns negative for very senior scientists.
"We would prefer it if contract decisions were made based on the quality of the science and not on the scientist's age or how long they've been working".
Offered annually to a scientist under age 40 working in Europe, the prize (a gold medal and a personal award of €10,000) recognises outstanding contributions in the field of molecular biology.
Astonishingly, the National Institute of Health (NIH), a major funding source for critically important biomedical research, define an early career, or young, scientist as "age 42 and below".
Harrison suggested that he check out UW, which had a cluster of scientists studying aging and age-related diseases, including pathologist George Martin (who is also editor-in-chief of SAGE KE).
