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Pink Sheets8 comments

drdrA wrote 1 month ago: Yeah, I got mine yesterday. I’m allowing myself to be frustrated for 24 hours- and writing in … more →

Tags: General Thoughts, The System

Grants strategy for the newly minted PI16 comments

drdrA wrote 1 month ago: I’d like to solicit the collective science blogosphere’s opinion on strategy for first g … more →

Tags: General Thoughts, junior faculty

OER Response to the Benezra Letter is Out...10 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: Visit Rock Talk to see the OER response just in from Sally Rockey and Lawrence Tabak to the petition … more →

Tags: The System

Just One Piece of Advice On Flow Charts5 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: As you all know, I am currently buried under a large pile of grants. Again. I love flow charts in gr … more →

Help, I'm buried under grants and I can't get up!6 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: I’m up to my neck in grants. All different flavors. I’ve got my multicolored sticky note … more →

Could describing personal circumstances hurt your grants chances?8 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: I stumbled upon David’s post at Terra Sigiliata entitled “NIH biosketch change as  … more →

Tags: The System, Work Life Balance, Gender, Tenure Track

NIH to allow explanation of lags in productivity... Finally!!3 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: I’d like to post the text of a letter that I wrote and sent in early 2008, to Dr. Vivian Pinn, … more →

Tags: General Thoughts, The System, Tenure Track

ASM Action Alert: Federal Funding for Science...... in Jeopardy.(UPDATED)10 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: I’m delighted that the to A2 or not to A2 bomb in my last post is generating so much discussio … more →

Tags: General Thoughts, The System, Open Letters

Like to return to two revisions on your NIH proposal? Sign the petition..(UPDATED)37 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: This weekend I received the email below regarding the current policy to allow ONLY A SINGLE REVISION … more →

Tags: General Thoughts

General thoughts on writing useful reviews9 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: I wrote a lot of grants in my first 3 years as faculty. A LOT. Nearly 30. And so I’ve read a few rev … more →

Tags: writing

The youngsters are ranting.... (updated w/links)15 comments

drdrA wrote 2 years ago: I don’t want to pick a fight with the Genomic Repairman… or maybe I do. I got my hands o … more →

Tags: Colleagues & Collaborators

My grant writing addiction issues12 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: I thought I was done with grant proposals, happily done…. HA! Just when you think you are out … more →

Tags: General Thoughts

Reviewer Blues16 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: I got news for y’all. All that advice people give you about making grants easy on the tired re … more →

Tags: General Thoughts

Salaries and Personnel to Start Your Lab...14 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: I’m supposed to be finishing slides for lecture, but I’d like to comment on this. PiT is … more →

Tags: Hiring, junior faculty

What are you teaching your trainees about grants submission?23 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: To all you mentors… what are you teaching your people about grant submission? I realize that b … more →

What a difference a year makes.23 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: I’m dead tired after traveling for more than 15 hours- and I dragged a bunch of work with me thinkin … more →

Tags: The LAB, Unsolicited Advice, junior faculty

The 'Dark Art' of Grant Writing ... as it exists today.1 comment

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: I’m doing my tenure package now, and I’ve recently been working on the section where you … more →

Tags: General Thoughts

A Pep Talk for Struggling Jr. Faculty8 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: Dear Struggling Jr. Faculty- Let’s talk openly about your major worry, getting funding for you … more →

!!!!!Eleventy!!!!55 comments

drdrA wrote 3 years ago: Federal Grant #1 has been awarded, after months of nail biting anxiety. Golly, I’m out of word … more →


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