Evidently "very well-written" grant proposals don't get funded because it's just inconceivable that a student could sythesize such an "outstanding document" without their mentor having a "very hands-on role in putting this reasearch application together":
"The research plan itself is by far the strength of this application. It is very well-written and 'tight,' it is an interesting and important topic, and there are simply no major flaws. The quality of the application, and in particular the writing style, is somewhat difficult to reconcile. . . It seems evident that the sponsor played a very hands-on role in putting this research application together."
I can't win.
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are you serious??!! that is an unacceptable reason for denying funding. discouraging.
OMG Dustin...that is rediculous...they denied you because it was too good? PLEASE. I'm sorry...I hope that Mike can do something about this...
well, it's more complicated than that, but essentially my GRE verbal score was average, my grades in grad school are a mix of A's and B's (not all A's), and my references didn't mark all 1's (the best rank), so therefore they assumed that Mike must have written the gamut of this "nearly flawless proposal," when in fact, not only did I write all of it, but I came up with the majority of the ideas. They must have completely neglected my 3.8 undergraduate GPA, my first-author paper publication in 2004, and my recent middle author paper in PNAS, because we all know how irrelevant those things are compared to the verbal GRE score! But given that my NRSA score was still 224 -- not outstanding, but not horrible -- it is conceivable that this may have gotten funded if the reviewer hadn't questioned the authenticity of the document. Stay tuned...
Oh my god, d. I am with B and X on this one. I can't believe the reviewer thought that a student couldn't write your proposal. Give a guy a break! Jesus. That sucks. I hope there is a way to convince him/her that you are indeed an accomplished writer.
The word is "riCOCKulous"
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