From mmreturn@magnetdev.com Fri Mar 19 06:56:32 2010 Return-Path: Received: from mail35.magnet101.com (mail35.magnet101.com [209.18.93.35]) by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2JDuTYb024599 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:56:31 -0700 Message-Id: <201003191356.o2JDuTYb024599@smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX> Received: from MAGNETMAIL1 (172.17.35.1) by mail35.magnet101.com id hke18q0ir20j for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:56:23 -0400 (envelope-from ) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:56:22 -0400 From: Director@principalinvestigators.org To: Subject: Sneak Peak: Latest Resource for PIs X-TokenInfo-NoToken: X-Bps1: 5152026087 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_NextPart_000_955640_2010319_95622145" X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2010-03-19_08:2010-02-06,2010-03-19,2010-03-19 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=100 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1003190098 --_NextPart_000_955640_2010319_95622145 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SNEAK PEAK: Below is your sample issue of the latest resource for PIs in ev= ery field of science. Principal Investigator Advisor is the most complete r= eference you'll ever need for your non-science duties such as your manageme= nt and funding responsibilities. Subscribe today at XXXXXXXwww.on2url.com/a= pp/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=3D163022&AdID=3D486519 View your sample issue at XXXXXXXwww.on2url.com/app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID= =3D163022&AdID=3D486522. Improving Grant Applications....18 "Plan first, then write. The questions you need to ask are: What is my rese= arch about? What is my short-term and long-term vision? Vision is important= . Once you have your vision, everything flows from that." Head Off Workplace Violence....19 Labs can be pressure cookers for emotionally-stressed staff. Here are some = tips for the PI to spot colleagues prone to violence. Sabotaged by Burnout...............20 You've heard about it, but you may not believe it affects your lab. 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Over the years I've been writing my own reviews an= d listening to other panelists at review meetings, I've come to appreciate = that grants that score poorly appear to share one or more of a common set o= f flaws. Avoiding these pitfalls, and appreciating the issues that frequent= ly diminish reviewer enthusiasm, should help you to write a better grant. H= ere, I will highlight 5 common mistakes that recur among the grants of both= first time and experienced PI's. Some are inherent in the science itself, = while others are more a function of presentation. Obviously, the former req= uire a greater degree of re-assessment and alteration of the revised grant = than =0Athe latter. continued on page 14 =20 Lab Romance Requires Careful Attention to Staff Dynamics, Myriad Rules and = Policies=20 Can right brain activity bunk with left brain output? Is there room in your= lab for Cupid's arrow? Can, in other words, a principal investigator date = a grad student who's also his or her lab assistant? Possibly. But a workpla= ce romance will require both of you to adjust your behavior to keep the dyn= amics of the lab from being affected by the feelings the two of you have. That's the word from Gia Honnen-Weisdorn JD LLM MBA, Adjunct Professor of l= aw at Pepperdine University and a practicing attorney with the Law Offices = of Gia Honnen-Weisdorn. "The first thing to do is make sure the Human Resou= rces Department and whoever gives legal advice at your organization is invo= lved from day one," she says. "You and the grad student should formalize th= e fact that you're in a consensual romantic relationship. You want to make = sure everything is on record." 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Impr= oving Grant Applications....18

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"Plan first, then write. The qu= estions you need to ask are: What is my research about? What is my short= -term and long-term vision? Vision is important. Once you have your visi= on, everything flows from that."

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Head Off Workplace Violence....19

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Sabotaged by Burnout...............20

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You’ve heard about it, but you= may not believe it affects your lab. "Burnout", after all, is= for people who can’t handle hard work or who don’t love wha= t they do, and that’s not you or your grad student, right? Wrong.<= /p> =0A

 

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Improve Your Meetings..............21

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How To Say "You’re Fired".......= .22

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In this delicate situation, stick to= your guns and remember that the less you say beyond the specifics of yo= ur university’s or institute’s termination process the bette= r.

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Co-investigator or Consultant.....23

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How do these roles differ? Which is = best to help you and your grant?

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Study Section Insider:
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The challenge that all reviewers face as they try to s= eparate the outstanding from the merely good is to convert their intuitive,= emotional response to a grant into a series of bullet points that encapsul= ate the proposal’s strengths and weaknesses. Over the years I’v= e been writing my own reviews and listening to other panelists at review me= etings, I’ve come to appreciate that grants that score poorly appear = to share one or more of a common set of flaws. Avoiding these pitfalls, =0A= and appreciating the issues that frequently diminish reviewer enthusiasm, s= hould help you to write a better grant. Here, I will highlight 5 common mis= takes that recur among the grants of both first time and experienced PI&rsq= uo;s. Some are inherent in the science itself, while others are more a func= tion of presentation. Obviously, the former require a greater degree of re-= assessment and alteration of the revised grant than the latter.   = ;   

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Lab Romance Requires Careful Attention to Staff Dynamics, Myriad Rules = and Policies 

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Can right brain activity bunk with left= brain output? Is there room in your lab for Cupid’s arrow? Can, in o= ther words, a principal investigator date a grad student who’s also h= is or her lab assistant? Possibly. But a workplace romance will require bot= h of you to adjust your behavior to keep the dynamics of the lab from being= affected by the feelings the two of you have.

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That’s the word from Gia Honnen-Weisdorn JD LLM = MBA, Adjunct Professor of law at Pepperdine University and a practicing att= orney with the Law Offices of Gia Honnen-Weisdorn. "The first thing to= do is make sure the Human Resources Department and whoever gives legal adv= ice at your organization is involved from day one," she says. "Yo= u and the grad student should formalize the fact that you’re in a con= sensual romantic relationship. You want to make sure everything is on recor= d."

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Principal Investigator Adv= isor brings battle-tested tips and tactics from = those PIs who have already "been there" and "worked out the = bugs". Why painfully reinvent the wheel? Every month your personal coa= ch will, through these pages, help you bolster your administrative and fina= ncial acumen as a PI.

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