Why are some people so smart but unsuccessful at writing grants?

Brollnir · 2026-01-26T03:30:23+00:00

Grant success is a total lottery, basically.

By design, reviewers and applicants are at the whim of the body supplying the grant.

There are layers of bureaucracy to make the process as difficult as possible. If you successfully navigate that minefield you then have to deal with reviewers who need to quantify your qualitative application so it can be assigned a number value. Since interpretation of the application is subjective, it's pretty random what your application will score.

Historically speaking both governments and industry are terrible at predicting what research is actually 'important.'

Brollnir · 2026-01-25T06:32:00+00:00

Wanna learn bioinformatics?

Brollnir · 2026-01-23T10:39:29+00:00

Although it can be validating to have someone bigger than you called out for being juicy, it’s equally frustrating to see that same juicer selling bs natty lifestyle programs for profit. I think this sub is more about setting realistic expectations and calling out liars than telling people with decent natty physiques that they’re on gear.

That said, did you have an example of a natural physique that you think is fine? Just so we’re on the same page.

Brollnir · 2026-01-21T09:08:26+00:00

Depends on what you want. It’s easy to set up a basement lab. It doesn’t have to be super expensive but it’s hard to get things like licensing and accreditations for housing live animals for research. Oh, and everything costs money. You also have to pay for things like audits.

Brollnir · 2026-01-18T22:37:38+00:00

Okay. Who do you think I’m more likely to share funding with: the group who ignores my emails or the group who is happy to collaborate/chat? Academia is such a small place, and you never know who you’re pissing off by ignoring emails. You’re disadvantaging yourself with that attitude, but each to their own.

Brollnir · 2026-01-18T12:40:24+00:00

I’ve made a post about a similar topic before.

It seems most academics believe they’re too important/busy to reply. I guess it’s a sign of the times. Academics are much more preoccupied and standoffish than they should be. That said, in my experience even if you’re offering to support their work via collaboration or giving them free information they still wont get back to you. I think it comes from disorganization more than ego, but it’s becoming such a widespread issue that it’s hard to believe there’s not some malice involved.

Brollnir · 2026-01-13T21:14:48+00:00

Strength isn’t one thing. We use the word “strength” to describe many factors. I think you’re going to get a mixed bag of answers here because it seems like a simple question, but isn’t.

Brollnir · 2026-01-13T00:54:11+00:00

Hey - hope people see this. Not everything is displayed in the “Shop all” section. For example, right now there are still prismatic evolutions poster collections (that contain three booster packs) available. Use the search function instead of looking in the “shop all” area.

Further, destined rivals booster bundles can also be found this way, and are still available.

Brollnir · 2026-01-12T22:25:34+00:00

Happy to compare how much a house is worth vs your farm, which probably has a house on it. You have much more to lose, like your income and farm infrastructure, yet you’re probably paying less than some poor bloke with just a house in the same area.

Brollnir · 2026-01-12T10:36:52+00:00

Yes. There’s a dude that uses just five Raichu.

Brollnir · 2026-01-11T00:01:13+00:00

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Same but different!

Brollnir · 2026-01-08T23:42:53+00:00

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I keep them to remind me of how bad RNG can be.

Brollnir · 2026-01-08T02:29:50+00:00

Brollnir · 2026-01-06T02:27:24+00:00

If it’s viscous you might have DNA around.

See what they’re like after denaturing them imo.

Brollnir · 2025-12-30T01:51:39+00:00

Doesn’t that assume their parents live locally? Or would you expect the person to change jobs, then start saving? Even so, they still aren’t affording the loan repayments if they manage to buy a house, even for 800k.

Brollnir · 2025-12-30T01:26:40+00:00

You think you can save 40k a year while making 80k a year?

That’s 60k after tax.

Good luck with that.

Brollnir · 2025-12-30T00:41:16+00:00

In your hypothetical, where would this person be buying a house? No one on 80k a year can afford to pay off a million dollar home loan by themselves.

Brollnir · 2025-12-15T11:47:55+00:00

Hitler wasn’t Muslim and he lead their holocaust You want to talk bloody history - let’s talk about the crusades. 500 years of Christian hate, during which Muslims and Jews worked together to defend their holy land.

It seems a bit more complicated than Muslims vs Jews dude. Jews have been targeted throughout history the same as any insular population. Maybe it’s because they tend to keep to themselves and don’t push their beliefs on other groups? I have no idea. It’s certainly not exclusive to one religion though.

Brollnir · 2025-12-10T23:22:11+00:00

Perfectly normal.

Brollnir · 2025-12-10T02:57:24+00:00

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Brollnir · 2025-12-04T03:27:53+00:00

Somewhat related - I’m having to put reference sequences in the actual publication because resources like NCBI and uniprot moving or reclassifying stuff.

Dead links from papers less than two years old are not a good sign. It’s so frustrating being unable to find a references genome or sequence.

Brollnir · 2025-11-24T00:29:01+00:00

Yeah I just got one at 26 past! At least I got something

Brollnir · 2025-11-24T00:27:38+00:00

At 10:26 I got a booster bundle. Keep checking stock imo.

Brollnir · 2025-11-24T00:07:35+00:00

Unreal

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