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In article <Mark_Solomon-3006951151280001@130.132.212.28>, Mark_Solomon@QM.Yale.edu (Mark Solomon) writes:
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>> I don't beleiev it is unlawful to discriminate on the basis of academic rank..
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> I hate to join this one, but I have to correct a major error.  Although it
> is true that junior faculty may not be permanent members of NIH study
> sections (with three-year "sentences"), they ARE allowed to serve as ad
> hoc members (one-time only).  I just returned from a study section
> yesterday.  There were 6 Assistant Professors on the panel out of 26, and
> they were clearly among the more vocal members.  Our voice is being
> heard.  One reason NIH has so many youngsters, I think, is that many of us
> are still at the stage where we're flattered by it, instead of considering
> it just one more burden.  

I agree. I have been on many study sections starting as an Assistant Prof.  I 
have yet to be on one that did NOT have at least one junior person on it.  
Frankly, now that I have gotten a bit of experience I'd be horrified that a 
major decision about my grant was to be made largely by junior faculty.  (I 
am going in for heart surgery: I DEMAND that the intern do it :-)

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