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September 17, 2014

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On writing for the future (or not)

Argh. The dreaded grant writing season has caught up with me. After the lulled blissfulness of nearly four years on the K99/R00 grant I have to start writing a big NIH research grant (R01) to justify my continued existence and future here at UC-San Diego (if any). You may notice my slight skepticism about it. Well, it is founded in the stats on getting one of these research grants.
My favorite comic-series PHDComics just put out a brilliant new tweet explaining the dilemma:



So apparently I am doomed no matter what.
Well. Gotto keep trying (for now).



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