Comments on: Grant Writer Burnout

By: Cath@VWXYNot?

Cath@VWXYNot? — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:18:48 +0000

I AM DONE!!!!!! w00t! Hope yours are coming along too…

By: drdrA

drdrA — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:38:23 +0000

bikemonkey-

I MUST take a round off, or I’ll truly be in the asylum. Yesterday the administrator that handles my grants mentioned that instead of the asylum… perhaps just trying decaf… would be a good idea.

But- hey- I’ve been off coffee for about two weeks… so the mania in this case is for real!

By: bikemonkey

bikemonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:28:18 +0000

s’okay to take a round off now and again.

By: drdrA

drdrA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:23:24 +0000

Cath- OMG. This is not good- I see a big cell phone bill in your future!

Sciencewoman- Perhaps we could book adjoining rooms in the asylum… starting say… November 7! I’m there with you in spirit and exhaustion right now!

By: ScienceWoman

ScienceWoman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:36:12 +0000

Three! I am working on three! grant proposals simultaneously. One’s a large-group effort, so even though the proposal isn’t due until the 24th, I’ve got to finish my part tonight(!). The next is due next friday, and the final one is due November 6th, but I already had to submit a pre-proposal, and I’ll find out tomorrow if I (likely) shall be honored with writing up the full deal. I shall go insane before this all over.

By: Cath@VWXYNot?

Cath@VWXYNot? — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:54:42 +0000

And we have a long weekend coming up, right before the deadline, and I am going to be out of town… at my mother-in-law’s, with dial up internet… stupid Thanksgiving. I expect many calls from the grants’ PIs.

By: drdrA

drdrA — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:50:21 +0000

C PP-

Ok, twist my arm. Jameson first, tequila second. Or I could just stick with the JAMESON…

By: Comrade PhysioProf

Comrade PhysioProf — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:44:00 +0000

Fuck tequila! JAMESON!!!!!

By: drdrA

drdrA — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:27:45 +0000

Arlenna-

Oh yeah. Shoot- why wait until Thursday or Friday- I’m planning on a shot of tequila on Wednesday at noon after I hand this thing over.

By: Arlenna

Arlenna — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:35:03 +0000

SUURIEOUSLY!! I am in the same purgatory right now as you Cath and drdA. First R21, type of biology I have never done before (but taking my tool into it), all this extra THINKING and FOCUSING required for writing up the science parts. And then there’s the other stuff, I still have to do all of that too and this thing is due like next week. UGH. At least it’s only one grant at a time right now!

BUT simultaneously I am teaching in my first lecture course experience to a class of 300 students on a subject that while I have an excellent intuition about it, I do not know the details like the back of my hand so I have to STUDY just as hard as the students do to teach this thing.

I would also like to sit and have cocktails. Let’s raise a glass to each other on Thurs/Fri of next week and maybe our noses will itch.