Category Archives: grant wrangling

Victoria Secrets

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

One of the things that makes you feel a long way from home when you move to a foreign country is that you have no idea when the long weekends fall. We get a pretty good deal here in British … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, English language, fun with language, grant wrangling, personal, silliness | 8 Comments

I have a team

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Way back in May 2009, I described how being around a team of fellow grant wranglers from another department made me realise how much I miss being part of a team of peers. In my current job I’m really a team … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, career, grant wrangling, personal, science, Vancouver | 28 Comments

Radical reform of peer review and research support, or rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

OR More on the proposed reforms at the CIHR, which I first blogged about last month after taking my first look at the discussion document they published. I’ve since read the document in much greater detail, and also attended an … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, career, grant wrangling, politics, science | 6 Comments

Whaddya mean “that’s not normal?!”

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

North Yorkshire, circa 1987. A classroom full of nine- and ten-year-olds. An assignment to write a story that involved food. A girl (not the blogger!) standing up at her desk, pulling her knee socks back up before starting to read … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, education, family, food glorious food, freakishness, grant wrangling, personal, silliness | 14 Comments

Time to write a final report on a completed grant!

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?
Posted in cancer research, career, communication, English language, grant wrangling, Instagram, photos, silliness | 14 Comments

CIHR: Canada Innovating to Help Review?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is this country’s major source of government funding for biomedical research – the equivalent of the US NIH. They’ve just released a document describing some proposed changes to their grant mechanism portfolio and … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, career, current affairs, grant wrangling, politics, science | 4 Comments

Designing an online grant submission system?!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Good for you! Let me help you out! In my four-and-a-bit years as a grant wrangler, I’ve applied to a bewildering array of Canadian and international government and charitable funding agencies. Every organisation has their own system (some even have … Continue reading →

Posted in career, grant wrangling, science, technology | 14 Comments

Lay it on the line

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

As I mentioned way back in 2008, I’m often called upon to write lay abstracts for my department’s grant applications and website, and – less often – for press releases and assorted other documents. This is still one of my … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, English language, grant wrangling, science | 12 Comments

2011 in books

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Well, my attempts to form good habits related to my specific 2012 resolutions – plus my ongoing exercise and healthy eating goals – have already been derailed, although the goals themselves are still very achievable. I blame (in chronological order): … Continue reading →

Posted in blog buddies, book review, family, grant wrangling, medicine | 33 Comments

Weight, watt?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

From an automatic pre-send spell check of an email I sent today, asking a PI for guidance on some subfield-specific terminology: Very helpful. In other news, I learned today that my online life is benefiting my career: years of experience … Continue reading →

Posted in career, English language, grant wrangling, idiocy, meta, publishing, science, screenshots, silliness, technology | 20 Comments