From mmreturn@magnetdev.com Thu Feb 25 11:06:49 2010 Return-Path: Received: from mail36.magnet101.com (mail36.magnet101.com [209.18.93.36]) by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1PJ6isd009310 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:06:48 -0800 Message-Id: <201002251906.o1PJ6isd009310@smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX> Received: from MAGNETMAIL1 (172.17.36.1) by mail36.magnet101.com id hgr54i0ir202 for ; Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:03:55 -0500 (envelope-from ) Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:03:53 -0500 From: Director@principalinvestigators.org To: Subject: March Issue: For Your Review X-TokenInfo-NoToken: X-Bps1: 5006770849 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_NextPart_000_940253_2010225_14353646" X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2010-02-25_15:2010-02-06,2010-02-25,2010-02-25 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=100 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1002250168 Status: RO --_NextPart_000_940253_2010225_14353646 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hot Off the Press: Your March Issue Principal Investigator Advisor Managerial guidance monthly for leading scientists in all fields of researc= h. Lab Romance Requires Careful Attention to Staff Dynamics, Myriad Rules and = Policies Can right brain activity bunk with left brain output? Is there room in your= lab for Cupid's arrow? Can, in other words, a principal investigator date = a grad student who's also his or her lab assistant? Possibly. But a workpla= ce romance will require both of you to adjust your behavior to keep the dyn= amics of the lab from being affected by the feelings the two of you have. That's the word from Gia Honnen-Weisdorn JD LLM MBA, Adjunct Professor of l= aw at Pepperdine University and a practicing attorney with the Law Offices = of Gia Honnen-Weisdorn. "The first thing to do is make sure the (more at ht= tp://principalinvestigators.org/advisor.php) 5 Common Mistakes That Will Sink Your Grant The challenge that all reviewers face as they try to separate the outstandi= ng from the merely good is to convert their intuitive, emotional response t= o a grant into a series of bullet points that encapsulate the proposal's st= rengths and weaknesses. Over the years I've been writing my own reviews and= listening to other panelists at review meetings, I've come to appreciate t= hat grants that score poorly appear to share one or more of a common set of= flaws. Avoiding these pitfalls, and appreciating the issues that frequentl= y diminish reviewer (more at XXXXXXXprincipalinvestigators.org/advisor.php) Improving Grant Applications "Plan first, then write. The questions you need to ask are: What is my rese= arch about? What is my short-term and long-term vision? Vision is important= . 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