It’s been quite a while since my last post, but I was taking some time to relax after finishing my MBA and to enjoy the honor of being the valedictorian. A bit of a re-boot of the systems. But today I want to wanted to get back to blogging by posting very briefly about the value of networking in terms of attracting extramural funding. It’s been on my mind a lot recently, and it’s a point that really cannot be made too frequently or too firmly.
We can get very siloed in research. It’s a natural outcome when your focus is on learning and cultivating the intellect, but the problem is that fundable extramural proposals generally require solid teams. Research proposals are business proposals, and researchers need to consider that solid businesses with millions in earnings are often built on teams, so why shouldn’t successful million-dollar research projects also require teams?
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