tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post4550329100053589266..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: RTFGMEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-74360092162866399242011-07-18T14:15:24.768-04:002011-07-18T14:15:24.768-04:00Right now, the whole Fed govt is on Continuing Res...Right now, the whole Fed govt is on Continuing Resolution, so funding agencies have a very hard time finding the funding for new starts (i.e., funding a researcher who is not already funded). <br /><br />Thanks to Eli for mentioning all the possible things that can go wrong when writing a proposal. When I submitted my first proposal to NSF way back in 1981, NSF accepted paper copies and wanted 15 photocopies. So I made 15 photocopies, and a few more for various university offices. Then I went to the chief bean counter, who found a minor error in the budget. I had to back and re-do the budget, photocopy the budget pages, tear open every photocopy, and substitute the revised budget, and re-staple. Then off to Federal Express to submit the budget. <br />I learned a lesson from the process: get the budget numbers blessed by the bean counter in the University Research Office BEFORE making any photocopies. <br /><br />After the Internet became popular, proposals were submitted to NSF over the Internet (via Fastlane if you're lucky). Then NSF personnel made a bunch of photocopies and distributed the copies to its various offices. So the upshot was that the number of photocopies remained the same, but Fed Ex laid off a few drivers.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575837647825433144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-79969561188426008062011-07-18T12:03:56.389-04:002011-07-18T12:03:56.389-04:00Mark is correct. The scale to me seems 0-10% Exce...Mark is correct. The scale to me seems 0-10% Excellent, 11-25% Very Good, 25-40% Good, 41-70% Fair, 71-100% Poor. Something like that, although with score compression, I would be surprised if "Very Goods" were a whole quartile or larger. There is just no money.Pinko Punkohttp://blog.3bulls.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-30290880665898239802011-07-18T10:50:35.438-04:002011-07-18T10:50:35.438-04:00"...unless your nephew is the Minister of Sci..."...unless your nephew is the Minister of Science, or Silvio Berlusconi's girlfriend."<br /><br />they provide set asidesEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-71510650049592512782011-07-18T07:19:16.274-04:002011-07-18T07:19:16.274-04:00PP, the last proposal I submitted received all &qu...PP, the last proposal I submitted received all "very goods" and was declined. The program officer told me he would have liked to have funded it, but nowadays you pretty much need all "excellents".Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-92005622049162935782011-07-18T05:07:38.581-04:002011-07-18T05:07:38.581-04:00And there are opportunities to be awarded contract...And there are opportunities to be awarded contracts as wel (if I were younger or retired, I would go into the consulting business). First rule: if there are mandatory criteria, the description for said criteria should be no deeper than 5 pages into the proposal. Answer each aspect of the ask, but don't get to bogged down in the detail. You an always provide more information during negotiation.Deech56noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-25866195480502136332011-07-18T03:58:11.628-04:002011-07-18T03:58:11.628-04:00Makes you wonder how much research could be done i...Makes you wonder how much research could be done if scientists didn't have to spend half their time writing and reviewing grant proposals.Thomas Palmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135033271970754087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-82114458500463799532011-07-18T02:21:17.981-04:002011-07-18T02:21:17.981-04:00"...unless your nephew is the Minister of Sci..."...unless your nephew is the Minister of Science, or Silvio Berlusconi's girlfriend."<br /><br />I know that Eli is much smarter than me, but this left me really confused.amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783694650121687459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-26542936955946825112011-07-17T23:12:33.686-04:002011-07-17T23:12:33.686-04:00Grants.gov has improved, while fastlane has not be...Grants.gov has improved, while fastlane has not been updated in awhile. Also "very goods" won't cut it anymore. We're getting into insanity territory now.Pinko Punkohttp://blog.3bulls.netnoreply@blogger.com