"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet -- that her agency has created by not worrying that they might fail.

Miles McNall, Director for Community-Engaged Research, Office for Public Engagement and Scholarship (OPES), has convened a workgroup on evaluating critical questions. Click here to learn more. 

NIH will require the use of updated application forms and instructions (FORMS-F) for due dates on or after May 25, 2020. A preview of form changes and clarification of how the changes impact research training grant, fellowship, and career development award applications are already available.