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| Demand funding? |
| In a letter to the editor of Science magazine, Nobel laureate Craig Mello and neurophysiologist and peace activist John Walsh argue that scientists should cease their modesty and demand more funding for science now, espe...[more] |
| science funding Mello Walsh |
| Posted on Friday 09 January 2009 - 17:35:12 |
| more trouble ahead |
| While it seems the problems with funding that arose because the DFG decided to postpone the decision about my Emmy-Noether phase II, are solvable, now the IRS forebodes trouble. At a visit to the local IRS office to get m...[more] |
| science funding DFG Emmy-Noether |
| Posted on Friday 07 November 2003 - 20:56:58 |
| German Science |
| Just got off the phone with my administrator at the German Science Foundation (DFG). It seems chances are very slim that my Emmy-Noether II grant will get funded. And that despite a science paper, two invited reviews and...[more] |
| science funding DFG Emmy-Noether HFSP |
| Posted on Monday 01 December 2003 - 21:46:05 |
| Let's play Fantasy Science Funding |
| Duncan Hull had the great idea of Fantasy Science Funding. In step one, I'm picking the European Research Council (ERC) as founding body. The ERC is in principle a great idea. Any scientific discipline can apply, from any ...[more] |
| science funding science politics fantasy science funding fun ERC |
| Posted on Thursday 21 August 2008 - 11:17:40 |
| Portland Images |
Of course I'm long back since my trip to Pamplona, but I thought I should post a link to the pictures in the gallery  Since then I also heard that our big Marie Curie Excellence Grant (EU) didn't get funded so I'm 0-3 in...[more] |
| DFG science funding |
| Posted on Monday 11 October 2004 - 15:45:41 |
| slow DFG |
| Now this is getting totally pathetic! The German Science Council (DFG) was supposed to decide over my future (i.e. my grant) on December 5, 2003. A few weeks before that (my move from Houston to Berlin was already booked...[more] |
| DFG science funding |
| Posted on Friday 13 February 2004 - 09:00:20 |
| GAIN 2010: Panel discussions on the future of science in Germany |
| After the first sessions right after lunch, the meeting went on to several parallel sessions all discussing the same topic in the same way: representatives from universities/research institutions, funding agencies and po...[more] |
| GAIN politics science funding |
| Posted on Friday 10 September 2010 - 22:54:45 |
| What's good about a 2.2% funding rate? |
| In the latest issue of Nature Genetics, the Editorial is full of praise for the European funding of PostDocs and young faculty. ...[more] |
| science politics ERC science funding |
| Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2008 - 09:47:17 |
| second try rejected |
| After rejecting my first Emmy-Noether II grant in 2004, the DFG actually rejected th second grant as well. In the first rejection letter, I was asked to revise and resubmit the grant. It was this second, revised version ...[more] |
| DFG Emmy-Noether science funding |
| Posted on Tuesday 04 January 2005 - 11:26:42 |
| featured in "Laborjournal" |
| If you're in Germany, check out the latest issue (4-2005) of the magazine "Laborjournal"! The famous author Hubert "Siegfried Bär" Rehm has written an article about the funding woes yours truly has had to endure since the ...[more] |
| LaborJournal DFG science funding |
| Posted on Wednesday 20 April 2005 - 18:35:25 |
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