tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post1418321453206125106..comments2024-02-16T09:13:32.131-07:00Comments on Professor Chaos: Why won't they call?Professor Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-45446890921277865162009-06-23T11:43:08.624-06:002009-06-23T11:43:08.624-06:00@anon: no calls. I did get the dreaded form letter...@anon: no calls. I did get the dreaded form letter for one of my grants but the other is still MIA. Hope you're having better luck!Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-79506747667196625682009-06-18T13:30:23.779-06:002009-06-18T13:30:23.779-06:00have they called yet?have they called yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-57673912826730783042009-06-12T14:19:11.747-06:002009-06-12T14:19:11.747-06:00Damnit, one more week down and no notification.Damnit, one more week down and no notification.Prof-like Substancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-22827892273891409982009-06-09T10:25:15.394-06:002009-06-09T10:25:15.394-06:00i hear you prof chaos! June is ticking away.... a...i hear you prof chaos! June is ticking away.... and my nsf angst is only increasingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-1945461197981864072009-06-09T07:06:17.205-06:002009-06-09T07:06:17.205-06:00If the problems are more cosmetic, I might try and...<i>If the problems are more cosmetic, I might try and throw it in again, but I'm still going to produce the data for January.</i><br /><br />If you get the reviews in time this is the right approach. But only if you can truly do a good job of it and the revisions are mostly cosmetic. You have two other proposals you're submitting in July. Can you really do a stellar job on those plus Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-42150319199983659722009-06-09T06:15:04.407-06:002009-06-09T06:15:04.407-06:00Odyssey - This is something I have been strugling ...Odyssey - This is something I have been strugling with. Do I bother turning the grant I submitted in January around fro July if I hear back this week that it did not get funded. If flip-flopped on this about a dozen times and also considered patching up the holes I can and sending to a fairly new program that I haven't tried yet. <br /><br />At the moment I'm feeling that if the main Prof-like Substancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-43371599500097587842009-06-09T01:36:52.659-06:002009-06-09T01:36:52.659-06:00I have just experienced the folowing scenario: I p...I have just experienced the folowing scenario: I put in for funding from our government agency. The agency tells me they *always* call if you are successful. I go to a funding seminar held by the agency about three weeks after the expected time of the phone call. They re-iterate if successful, you would have got a phone call by now. I've been through all the stages of the list, now I am just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-19947758398274504172009-06-08T20:08:46.162-06:002009-06-08T20:08:46.162-06:00CPP:
NSF doesn't have modular budgets. If they...CPP:<br />NSF doesn't have modular budgets. If they cut you they want to know how you're going to deal with it. [Hint: dropping specific aims is very much the wrong answer.]<br /><br />I understand it's very much PD-dependent, but yes, they can ask you to respond to the reviewers even after having decided to fund you. I think this has to do with the autonomy the PD's possess. TheyOdysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-36142526246239394982009-06-08T19:55:22.201-06:002009-06-08T19:55:22.201-06:00Yeah, what he said....on all accounts (PLS, Odysse...Yeah, what he said....on all accounts (PLS, Odyssey, and CPP). <br /><br />@CPP: By the time anything would pop up on fastlane, you either have had your yes for weeks or have probably already received the tough shit form email. And yes, the budget is still negotiable (in a downward direction)...though I would be very happy right now to adjust a budget downward if it got funded.<br /><br />@Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-64029799678263664762009-06-08T18:33:28.103-06:002009-06-08T18:33:28.103-06:00They like to call you if you're going to be fu...<i>They like to call you if you're going to be funded. That way they can let you know immediately what your actual budget will be so you can revise and submit it quickly (and hence you get the money quicker), and will often ask you to address any weaknesses/deficiencies the reviewers might have brought up.<br /></i><br />Wut!? You mean if they have decided they *will* fund you but cut your Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-69994782081383094322009-06-08T13:32:45.395-06:002009-06-08T13:32:45.395-06:00Oh and in the NSF system you're not getting a ...Oh and in the NSF system you're not getting a score and then having to wait around wondering what the funding cut-off line will be and what council will do. It becomes a simple binary process.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-60390795138163025392009-06-08T13:29:49.231-06:002009-06-08T13:29:49.231-06:00NSF doesn't have an on-line dealio like NIH...<i>NSF doesn't have an on-line dealio like NIH's ERA Commons?</i><br /><br /><br />Yes and no. They like to call you if you're going to be funded. That way they can let you know immediately what your actual budget will be so you can revise and submit it quickly (and hence you get the money quicker), and will often ask you to address any weaknesses/deficiencies the reviewers might haveOdysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-83222702323231504052009-06-08T10:39:44.062-06:002009-06-08T10:39:44.062-06:00NSF doesn't have an on-line dealio like NIH...NSF doesn't have an on-line dealio like NIH's ERA Commons?Comrade Physioprofhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-5593201715721783872009-06-08T10:30:05.821-06:002009-06-08T10:30:05.821-06:00It can take an interminably long time for the PD&#...It can take an interminably long time for the PD's to make all their calls. And this year it may take even longer - it took some time and much effort for the NSF (including the PD's) to decide what to do with the ARRA funds (and they're not done yet!). Just remember, you're still in the game until they tell you otherwise.<br /><br />Go pee. They'll leave a message.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-46981984528853095972009-06-08T09:49:35.396-06:002009-06-08T09:49:35.396-06:00No shit. I'm getting a bit sick of waiting to ...No shit. I'm getting a bit sick of waiting to hear back, now a day shy of 6 months since the deadline. I already have two more to submit in July and now I could have less than a month to turn a third around? Why do we always fall for the ones who play hard to get?Prof-like Substancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09536241129674490468noreply@blogger.com