Unreal, the impact this is having on scientists. I spent over 700 hrs writing 4 grants submitted Apr-Sept that *might* have been funded next Apr; 2 abt to be 3 apps missed review bc of shutdown. In normal times takes 9-24 mo to get a grant funded. No hope for labs like mine. Literally no hope.
While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
Why is there no hope for labs like mine? Because I have to pay people's salaries. I can't produce that $ out of thing air. I've put in an ungodly amt of work getting grants in, but even if things got better tomorrow, those grants simply wont arrive in time
Weird thing happening where I + my colleagues, same convo on repeat: can't think about next year, next month, even next week. All I can do is wait for the next days or next hrs, close projects, write more grants that wont save us, sit in misery. This is what the fed govt is doing to science
Write more grants write more grants write more grants. I feel like I'm out here buying endless *expensive* lottery tickets. Meanwhile the actual research piles up because there are only so many hours in a day.
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