{"id":109,"date":"2008-04-24T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T09:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/04\/24\/oooh_shiny\/"},"modified":"2008-04-24T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T09:29:56","slug":"oooh_shiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/rpg\/2008\/04\/24\/oooh_shiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Oooh, shiny."},"content":{"rendered":"

So. The Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research<\/em> (the acronym of which sounds horribly like a town in Norfolk<\/a> )not only exists (and no, I’m not going to even consider what strange bedfellows this beast is party to) but has a Science and Research Division, in which there is a
\nScience Awareness Section<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\nThe SAS<\/em> (hah) has a manager, who is getting a tad narked that no one is listening:<\/p>\n

\nYou may be aware that the nomination period for the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science closes on 9 May.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nLet’s pretend, for a minute, that I was.<\/p>\n

\nTo date, the number of nominations received has been disappointing, and is clearly not reflective of the number of potentially suitable nominees currently active in research.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nHey, this is Australia. We’re all drinking beer at the beach.<\/p>\n

\nIt continues<\/p>\n

\nWe had hoped, in fact, to see an increase in the number of nominations for the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year and Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year, as a result of an amendment to the eligibility criteria for these Prizes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThe prize, I’ve discovered, consists of a shiny medallion and a lapel pin.<\/p>\n

\nThere is also a fifty grand ‘grant’ which apparently<\/a> the winner is free to spend on anything they want, but it would take a brave indeed young post-doc to take that literally and buy, say, a sports car<\/a> . (Hey, Henry posts pictures of his dog, I’m posting pictures of my car).<\/p>\n

\nA shiny medallion and a lapel pin? Naw, chuck another prawn on the barbie, blue. What’s a ‘lapel’ anyway?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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