So I have it on reasonable authority that the pay line at the NSF/MCB is hovering at around the 10% mark (May, 2013). This is in contrast to their usual
For years I've been teaching that grants aren't a lottery. I've been teaching that if you write a sufficiently good grant, you can skew the odds enough in your
Once upon a time, the NIH had you lead the body of your grant proposal with a section titled "Background and Significance." Then they messed everything up by taking out
"Running a lab is like running a business, but most labs are poorly run businesses - they throw money out the window." - paraphrasing an article I saw in my