I am so relieved!

I am so relieved, I got some unexpected errors when submitted, though.

K99 submission
Another grant submission to the Japanese government
Application to a faculty position
My paper submission

Everything is done!! So nice.

Hope any of my applications will go well.


Dr. R

The due date is coming.

Did you get a great support from your boss? It's so funny that he fixed my writing a lot and lot when I wrote a paper which has been recently submitted to a journal that has an impact factor of 12.
But this time, he only went over my K99 proposal once (!!) and barely (!!) fixed my writing.

Does he care that much about me getting a K99 grant?

Anyway, I just finished the cover letter. Already received a couple of confirmation emails from NIH that two of my references uploaded letters and third reference's assistant told me that she will submit the letter tomorrow.

When will we know the score?


Dr. R

Recent important change

Few days ago I got this email from the University Grant Office.

Referees used to be able to send these letters up to 5 days after the proposal due date, but now they are due the day of the application.

Oh My God. I haven't even contacted 2 of referees. It will be okay, I still have a week...


By the way, I recently applied for an assistant professor position in somewhere. Also applied for a postdoc grant to the Japanese government, and I'm going to apply for K99.

So many thing are going on now.


Dr. R

Finally my boss read my K99 proposal and gave me a feedback.

It's been almost 3 weeks since I gave my K99 proposal to my boss. I almost gave up to submit my K99 for a due date of June 12. But today my boss came to my bay and we finally sat and talked about my K99.

Well, in Japanese, I believe I am 褒められて伸びるタイプ.
In Japan, we usually say there are two types of kids who 褒められて伸びるタイプ and who 叱られて伸びるタイプ.
褒められて伸びるタイプ is kids who need to be praised.
叱られて伸びるタイプ is kids who need to be jawed. I'm not sure those English words are right ones or not.

Anyway, I kind of wanted him to say "well done" or "this is good", and then he could have said "but here, you need to ..." But instead, he only gave me serious comments. You can easily guess how I'm feeling now.

The due date is June 12. I have a little bit more than 2 weeks to fix my K99 proposal.

Here is a newer guideline for K99/R00.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-197.html


Good luck to us.

Dr. R

Kind of done!!

So busy lately, but I finished the 12 pages K99 research proposal just now and gave it to my boss.

When I said "do you wanna review my grant proposal?", he said "not really, haha."
I hope he was just joking.

Also, we finally submit my paper to a journal which has an impact factor of 15 (wow).
Hope they won't reject it right away.


The due date for K99 grant is 1 month away. I think the research plan will be okay, but now I need to find 3 references. I already contacted one and he said sure, no problem, but I still need two other people.
I don't wanna contact my boss in Japan who was my mentor when I was a Ph.D. student, but I guess I need to.
Still need one. Who can it be?


Dr. R

I finished the third and fourth pages, "Career development/training activities" and "Training in the responsive conduct research."

"Career development/training activities" was okay, but "Training in the responsive conduct research" was really boring. I know it's important, though.

Anyway, I am now working on "Research Strategy." It's more fun.
Do I need 5 years plan for K99 or just for 2 years? I don't know. Need to ask somebody.


Dr. R

I finished the second page "Career goals and objectives"

Are you working on K99 grant? I recently finished the second page "Career goals and objectives." We still have almost two months. No worry, we can do it.

Arial, size 11, 1/2" marjin.

We need a 12 pages Research plan which includes Candidate background, Career goals and objectives, Career development/training activities, Training in the responsive conduct research, and Research strategy.
Seems like first 4 will be 1 page each and Reseatch strategy will be 8 pages. MAYBE.


Dr. R