I realized today that I have not taken full advantage of the Grant Training Center membership that I think I may have. It might be gone by now.
I'm a little anxious when it comes to getting grant funding. The only proposal I have under review right now is the NCI IMAT. While I feel better about that proposal than the PRMRP we submitted on a similar topic, I still am skeptical about its chances. We didn't propose animal studies, and that is all anyone seems to want these days.
This weekend, I will have time to myself that I need to use. I need to make a strategic plan for the next 3 years, and specifically for the next year. It needs to have the proposals I'm going to submit laid out nicely so that I can start planning my submissions well in advance. This includes the NSF CAREER, DOE ECRP, DARPA, and various unsolicited NSF proposals and NIH proposals. I need to start shifting my bedtimes so I can get up and work on a grant or a paper every single day. I must master the art of grant writing. The only way to do that is to do a lot of grants, and get desensitized to rejection.
Some short-term things I can do:
- I need to get back in touch with that guy who does foundation stuff - Johnnie knows him.
- Finally, I can consult Leigh about courting ONR program managers. This self-healing wetsuit has some promise.
- I need to talk with the DARPA guy about strategizing for my YFA grant.
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