June 17

The CAREER needs to be a souped-up version of the successful GRFP proposal. You've got to inspire the review panel. It needs to have the same energy, the same verve as that did. 

My dream is to be the guy who used nanotechnology effectively to provide clean water to the world. Or...

My dream is to change the way cancer is treated.

A stroke of inspiration struck me that evening in Tempe. (You could probably draw a causal line, with a decent amount of weight, between then and where I am now.) The same needs to happen this time.