When you get turned down for a grant, it can be devastating. Whether it is a big grant from a national program or a small internal grant, rejection makes you question why you are even in this profession. It’s hard to cheer someone up in that situation. I want to recognize how awful it feels [...]
Implications of Federal Budget for SSHRC
Posted on April 10, 2012 by
While I am as concerned as anyone about the total amount of money allocated to the Tri-Councils and related agencies in the recent Canadian federal budget, I am more worried about another trend — the threat to peer decision making at the highest levels of grant making. I suspect this kind of thing might also [...]
SSHRC’s Priority Areas explained
Posted on August 30, 2011 by
Are you wondering what those Priority Areas are about? How did they get identified? If you aren’t doing research in one of those areas, what are your chances of getting funding? Don’t panic. Although the name has changed in the recent restructuring of SSHRC programs, these are not new. Disclaimer: I do not work for [...]
Validation vs communication: another example
Posted on March 2, 2011 by
How is it that just as I write that post about validation and how stuck it can get you, I find another relevant link: Why Lists are a Flawed Approach to Assessing Excellence
Peer reviewed journal articles and monographs in the academic evaluation process
Posted on February 24, 2011 by
This is the 2nd post in a series on how your scholarship is evaluated in various academic evaluation processes. I was inspired by the comments on a blog post on Melville and the knowledge that some of my readers do blog and worry about how this will affect their careers. The first post is here. [...]
