Tuesday, December 20, 2011

One view from the trenches

The Heckler is a column in the Sydney Morning Herald where "Readers are invited to send 450 words about what makes their blood boil."
This week Nick Coleman had a piece "You could do this or go fishing" about the process for applying for research grants in Australia.

1 comment:

  1. You must have seen this piece, although I think it Overshoots the mark somewhat

    http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7370-549c

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