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"Li said the project failed to win any of the federal grants she applied for, receiving comments on proposals that it was shameful Princeton would research this
by eanzenberg 9y ago
"Li said the project failed to win any of the federal grants she applied for, receiving comments on proposals that it was shameful Princeton would research this topic, and that the only strength of proposal was that Li was a woman."
Jesus..
- scottLobster 9y agoStories like this are part of the reason I never went into academia. It's amazing how many highly educated people are judgmental and inflexible, and in academia one person like that can sink you. As an engineer in the private sector, worst case scenario I can find a better team/company to work with.
- ironic_ali 9y agoI picked up on that too. It's the biggest failing "high up" (their own arse) many academics have.
- contingencies 9y agoI found getting halfway decent funding since 1980 to be quite a chore. - Alan Kay (2016) ... from my fortune clone @ http://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup http://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup