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Don't forget funding agency demands. Just got a new five year project? Of course you need a deliverable after 12-18 months. Nevermind that you haven't had any c
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
Don't forget funding agency demands. Just got a new five year project? Of course you need a deliverable after 12-18 months. Nevermind that you haven't had any chance of producing good science in that timeframe (unless you take the PhD comics version of the grant cycle as literal advice)
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1431 http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1431
- mcguire 10y agoAs an aside, I have seen that grant cycle given to new grad students by a senior researcher as the way things are actually done. And I can't say I actually disagree.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoAs they say, "it's funny because it's true".