This is very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to reply. "The better thing though to discuss is new potential funding directions that you would enable them to

This is very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to reply. "The better thing though to discuss is new potential funding directions that you would enable them to avail themselves of." This is something I haven't considered before and will be mindful of now. "No matter how smart, successful, elite they are in their area they're not robots they're fleshly people first." Hah, +1. I actually wasn't aware of my current group's "status" until well after my initial contact. I just thought our research interests matched perfectly and I was excited to learn about what they were doing. Enthusiasm goes a long way.