28 June 2011

And I wait

I resubmitted an application for a training grant this past spring. The original reviews were generally quite positive about my research plan, and the negative comments were about either research that I have now completed or my mediocre undergraduate grades from ten years ago.

My supervisor is optimistic about the resubmission because of the new data I have and the changes in the proposed research.

I am cautiously optimistic.

The grant applications were reviewed last week, so of course I am obsessively checking the status to get the score and feedback to have an idea about whether they felt the application was improved, and hopefully fundable. Every time I log in, my stomach does a little somersault.

It would be nice to know this before I head out for a long weekend Thursday morning so I can stop worrying.

5 comments:

Jenski said...

P.S. I got a really good score. Might have to stay in the Midwest 2 more years, which is good and bad.

Warped Mind of Ron said...

waiting sucks... glad you got a high score!

Sparkling Red said...

Best of luck! It's lame that they can hold ten-year-old grades against you. You're applying today, right?

Carolyn said...

Congrats on a really good score!!!!

Man, you found out that quickly after the panel? NASA results usually are a minimum of 3 months after the panel, and sometimes way longer...

Jenski said...

Thanks, all!

Spark, I sent in the application the beginning of April. :-)

Caro, well, the comments aren't up and I don't find out until August if I get funding, soooo....