I got some good grant news last week: one of my NIH grants got a decent score! Hooray!

Longer version: Grants are scored from 1 (best) to 9 (worst), and that score is multiplied by 10. My score was 41, which means that a lot of people gave me a 4, which is not too bad. My score was in the 23rd percentile, which is almost certainly not fundable, but is respectable (and there's always a chance - it depends on the available money for any given grant cycle). More importantly it puts me in very good position to revise and get funded later. (Although my job will be more secure if I get the money sooner!)

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