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Funding scientific ecosystem services

June 5, 2022 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment
“Small village in Ukraine”, by Konstantin Kryzhitsky (1884).

Shouldn’t be we funding scientists as well as researchers?

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Never to play The Dane

January 16, 2022 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment

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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

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ Leave a comment

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A look back at our 6th record-breaking year, and a big thanks to all of you out there. Continue reading →

Excluding elites

June 9, 2021 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 4 Comments

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Artwork by Mark Palfreyman.

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

March 7, 2021March 14, 2021 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 3 Comments

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Artwork by Mark Palfreyman

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

January 24, 2021 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 2 Comments

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“The sense of hearing”, by Philippe Mercier

A group leader carries the responsibility of securing funding for the group, but it’s a burden, not a secret. Continue reading →

Graves’ inversion

March 6, 2020 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 5 Comments

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M. C. Escher, “Day and Night”

A thought experiment: what if career security in academia was inverted, and the positions of junior and senior faculty were reversed? Continue reading →

Living to your credit limit

December 15, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 2 Comments

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Pierre Mignard, “The Marquise de Seignelay and two of her sons”

More funding doesn’t mean less pressure.  Continue reading →

Forks in the road (a short guide to career options in science)

October 28, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 1 Comment

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There are many different careers to be had in science, of which academia only encompasses a fraction. Here’s an overview of the whole spectrum. Continue reading →

The new dubstep

October 20, 2019 ~ Brooke Morriswood ~ 2 Comments

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The same trends that characterise music genres also apply to science funding. Continue reading →

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