The Effort Report

Elizabeth and Roger discuss a recent opinion piece in PNAS as well as keeping the grant-to-paper ratio in check.

Show notes:

Science in the age of selfies http://www.pnas.org/content/113/34/9384.full

The Troubled Future of Colleges and Universities http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/troubled-future-colleges-and-universities

Roger is back from vacation and he and Elizabeth discuss taking vacations as an academic. Also discussed are using social media (such as Twitter) and what it means to be a "real academic".

Elizabeth and Roger talk about finding and maintaining (and sometimes ending) collaborations.

Elizabeth and Roger talk about the finances of salaries in academia: where money comes from (not trees!), how it travels through the university, and why it matters for your career.

Elizabeth and Roger talk grants: where ideas come from, how to recognize the good ones, and what the characteristics of a fundable grant are. Also, responses to the first listener feedback.

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Elizabeth and Roger talk about the keys to success that no one tells you (and imaginary friends).

Elizabeth and Roger talk about how they landed in academia, why they’ve stayed, and the topics that will be covered in future episodes.