I'm about to do a lot more writing.Yup.
The porcus stimulus is trickling down, making us nerdy academic researchers all excitable. The National Institutes of Health released their Challenge Grant initiative late yesterday afternoon, causing professorial jams at the copy machines for the 52 page document.
Whazzit mean? The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) parcels out more than $10 Billion to promote science at the NIH. Of this amount, one tenth, or $1.1 Billion, is earmarked for research that ultimately will provide patients, clinicians, and policy-makers evidence-based information to make informed decisions about health care.
Coolio mundo. That's the stuff I do 8 to 5 (or 6 or 7 these days).
And after more than 3 years of dry troughs, the slop is welcome.
Proposals are due April 27, two days before my birthday. I'll have many more grey hairs to celebrate, and quite a few dead brain cells.
So I may be scarce.
And I'm hoping NATHAN BRANSFORD runs another week o'positivity in the next month - I'm gonna need it.
Peace, Linda
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