Group leaders nowadays bear a huge individual responsibility for raising money. But what if it was departments, and not group leaders, that were the unit of selection?
Continue readingThe unit of selection
Funding
Follow the money
I’m less than a year into my new scientific career in the private sector, and the biggest difference with academia is already clear: it’s the money.
But not, as you might think, in terms of salary…
Continue readingPro Bono (a riff on unpaid labour in academia)
Being unemployed is making me realise how many unpaid hours I was committing to academia.
Continue readingThe iron law of scientific oligarchies
The scientific community has entrenched oligarchies. Science would be better served if they were broken up.
Continue readingFunding scientific ecosystem services
Shouldn’t be we funding scientists as well as researchers?
Continue readingNever to play The Dane
Seeing the faces of the current crop of ERC Starting Grant awardees (congratulations everybody!) made me realise that I’m not an early career researcher any more. Continue reading
2021: TIR’s year in review
A look back at our 6th record-breaking year, and a big thanks to all of you out there. Continue reading
Excluding elites
If ever there was a word that needed reclaiming from the faux culture wars stoked by right-wing media machines, lost and wounded in an online no-man’s land of internecine strife, it is “elite”. Continue reading
The 9 types of grant reviewers
We’ve already looked at the 9 types of peer reviewers, but you tend to encounter a slightly different breed when it comes grant reviews… Continue reading
Don’t be falling down
A group leader carries the responsibility of securing funding for the group, but it’s a burden, not a secret. Continue reading
Total Internal Reflection 