(Thread) I didn’t want to write this blog. Scientists aren’t supposed to complain. I got notice last week that my FDN grant was rejected and quickly saw there were several with the same outcome. Our collective “WTF+OhWell” response was matched by WTF from many of our colleagues.
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This sits atop a long list of trends that’s making it hard to feel good about support for science in Canada
. The recent New Frontiers fund, with single digits success rate, was a hard blow for the majority of ERC’s that were not funded despite top notch applications.1 reply 1 retweet 18 likesShow this thread -
A month ago I started a series of blogs about
#ImposterSyndrome. I was amazed how many scientists felt some resonance with the story. They felt validation that what they're feeling is okay and were not alonehttps://www.armcintosh.com/blog/blog24-full …3 replies 3 retweets 19 likesShow this thread -
I hope this next blog does something similar. Many of us are facing a serious challenge in doing science given the uncertainty in support, but we feel reluctant to speak out.
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I didn’t want to write this blog. Scientists aren’t supposed to complain. But I’m gonna anyway. It’s the science that drives us.
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h/t to
@jwoodgett and@cdavidnaylor for their efforts in rallying support for science in
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Thank you for sharing all this.
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