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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">... (1/7)

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& #39;t been paying attention: (3/7) https://twitter.com/GaetanBurgio/status/1327382782780194817">https://twitter.com/GaetanBur...

There have been near-misses. There have been wildly inappropriate reviews. I& #39;ve fallen afoul of the #ARC3DayRule: (4/7) https://twitter.com/ARC_Tracker/status/1266251689427824640?s=20">https://twitter.com/ARC_Track...

I& #39;ve also learned things. I& #39;ve built collaborations. I& #39;ve developed projects that I& #39;ve done anyway ( #ValueForMoney, anyone?).

But I& #39;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& #39;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& #39;t even get to keep trying (6/7)

But I& #39;m tired of wasting my time, and I think I& #39;m done playing this game for awhile. So for now, I& #39;m going to do what I can on the cheap, keep working with great people, and enjoy my whisky https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✌️" title="Siegeshand" aria-label="Emoji: Siegeshand"> (7/7)