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I am "delighted" to announce that after 8 long years of persistence, I have reached a new professional milestone: 10 funding rejections from @arc_gov_au
To everyone who said "just keeping trying" - thanks, the reward is worth it.
Some thoughts in the
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To everyone who said "just keeping trying" - thanks, the reward is worth it.
Some thoughts in the
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But first... Sincere thanks to my ever supportive husband Dr Rich Cook (also the newly named @UOW Director of Strategic Planning) for making this otherwise depressing gambit into a bit of fun - and for buying me a kickass bottle of whisky (2/7)
My 10 rejected grants were led by Level B women (2), Level C women (6), Level C men (1), and Level E women (1). My 1 successful @arc_gov_au was led by a Level E man.
If you think these statistics are random chance, you haven't been paying attention: (3/7) https://twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1327382782780194817
If you think these statistics are random chance, you haven't been paying attention: (3/7) https://twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1327382782780194817
There have been near-misses. There have been wildly inappropriate reviews. I've fallen afoul of the #ARC3DayRule: (4/7) https://twitter.com/ARC_Tracker/status/1266251689427824640?s=20
I've also learned things. I've built collaborations. I've developed projects that I've done anyway ( #ValueForMoney, anyone?).
But I'm finding it increasingly difficult to encourage others - especially #ECR - to just keep trying. Folks have been telling me that for years (5/7)
But I'm finding it increasingly difficult to encourage others - especially #ECR - to just keep trying. Folks have been telling me that for years (5/7)
I'm in a position of enormous privilege - a continuing position, a fantastic collaborative network, and research that can be done without much $$. Many more talented researchers are much less fortunate and don't even get to keep trying (6/7)
But I'm tired of wasting my time, and I think I'm done playing this game for awhile. So for now, I'm going to do what I can on the cheap, keep working with great people, and enjoy my whisky 
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