I was incredulous when I was told what my grant application lacked. I was happy to stand on the shoulders of giants, I just didn’t want them to carry me
funding showed a 70-30 split in the number of grants awarded to men and women. As a result, men received grants valued at nearly £2bn with grants to women totalling £500m.
What she didn’t know was that he was an old friend from medical school who would probably have helped me – but his field wasn’t remotely related to mine, and how would I ever look him in the eye again? Some months later, I received the rejection letter I expected. It said what every polite letter says – great idea, inadequate funds. There was nothing to help me improve.
During the day they conduct research, help patients, serve on thankless committees, while often also attending parent-teacher meetings and buying the groceries; by night they pore over grant applications to secure their lab’s future.
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