Ali Ezzati, MD @ae-md.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I have many new people in my lab who are not ready to write up their. Own grants or help me with writing one. Working with many senior colleagues means that discussions for new MPI grants leads to me doing the work for others too (counter productive). 110 0
Ali Ezzati, MD @ae-md.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I also don't have any private sources of funding (i.e. Donors), which is typical for most youngish scientists in smaller institutions. This alone makes hiring/planning harder... 110 0
Ali Ezzati, MD @ae-md.bsky.social · 01/04/2025just very rough environment, I will try to write one or two more NIH grants, but I'm afraid that won't be a sustainable strategy for long term. Overall, what I need to survive is stronger allies + diversification. 100 0