Already February and I should plan cofnerences for 2014 - well I started early, but most conferences are either too broad, or bianually. One relevant conference is this summer in Quebec but required a submission of a 6 page manuscript until 1st of February - a deadline not realistic for us who have in December and january the agend afull with exams and grant applications. So we had to give it a miss. However, in November is a well-fitting conference on Judgment and Decision Making - found through a researchgate "request" - that is now the focus. Deadline for abstract submission is in June - feasible despite May/June being again exam time.
Else manuscripts and revisions of papers have been paused, as the grant application simple had the highest priority - and submitted on friday. Now it is crossing fingers and back to papers and experimental work.
The next deadline for any kind of grant is in June - but hopefully there are good news in April/May from the other grant application - if not revise and submit the proposal in June then ... Well, don't know to be honest. We just calculated the feasibility of doing it even without a grant. Not impossible, just slower and a promising young researcher is not offered a job in our institute. He or she may find something else or leave science. That is the game - simple and far from fair. Luck is a big player - who knows who are the referees? Who knows what related groups just publish or submitted? Transparency? To some degree.
Anyway, now with all the exams done, focus is on Masterstudents, new data, manuscripts and lectures again.
Else manuscripts and revisions of papers have been paused, as the grant application simple had the highest priority - and submitted on friday. Now it is crossing fingers and back to papers and experimental work.
The next deadline for any kind of grant is in June - but hopefully there are good news in April/May from the other grant application - if not revise and submit the proposal in June then ... Well, don't know to be honest. We just calculated the feasibility of doing it even without a grant. Not impossible, just slower and a promising young researcher is not offered a job in our institute. He or she may find something else or leave science. That is the game - simple and far from fair. Luck is a big player - who knows who are the referees? Who knows what related groups just publish or submitted? Transparency? To some degree.
Anyway, now with all the exams done, focus is on Masterstudents, new data, manuscripts and lectures again.
