I am so easily amused

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Cath@VWXYNot?

You know how you sometimes get the feeling that people are really stretching to make their acronym fit their project?
Well, the following NIH grant RFA actually did a pretty good job:


Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS)
Tee hee!
(Link for any BRAINiacs who might actually be interested in the grant)

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7 Responses to I am so easily amused

  1. Henry Gee says:
    October 30, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    My favourite acronym is BRAHMS, for Bath Rock and Heavy Metal Society.

  2. Cath Ennis says:
    October 30, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    I bet that’s confused a few people!

  3. Eva Amsen says:
    October 30, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    MaRS, where my lab is, was apparently just called that for random reasons. Then they made up “Medical and Related Sciences” and went with that as acronym for a while, but it’s now back to just being a weirdly capitalized name.
    See the sidebar here

  4. Cath Ennis says:
    October 30, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Making Acronyms Randomly for Scientists?

  5. Christie Wilcox says:
    October 30, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    I like it!
    I had a friend applying to random odd jobs to pay rent when she graduated, including “Account Service Specialist.” I thought it was an interesting choice job title…
    And the “Moro Islamic Liberation Front” … that was just an unfortunate coincidence on their part.

  6. Cath Ennis says:
    October 30, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    I dunno, I’ve seen several bloggers refer to themselves (or more frequently, colleagues) as ass professors…

  7. Bob O'Hara says:
    October 30, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    They’re the ones who end up doing the donkey work.

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