Alycia was accepted in a grant writing workshop at the University, it's essentially a writers workshop for 6 professors with 6 mentors. But instead of sharing their respective fiction writing with a group of fellow writers, each person is sharing their scientific grant proposal with a group of fellow scientists. The purpose of the group is to improve their grant writing skills and for the next several weeks each group member will read a grant proposal from another Professor in another field.
So this morning when Alycia asked me "Guess what I'm reading?", I was a little taken aback when she said "an Avian Amazonian Ecto and Endo Parasite Research Proposal". A biology professor who specializes in avian parasites had written a grant that the group was reviewing. It made for an interesting discussion and apparently interesting reading too. For this particular proposed study they intended to capture most specimens in a mist net, and the secondary method of specimen collection? Let's just say that shotguns were involved. Yes science and shotguns can go together.
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What a funny post mixed with some serious work. Newt never looked so good. And Hillary looks dapper herself. I have a pet parrot, want another test subject. Cockatoos can be mighty annoying. Maybe it's the parasites that make him a pain?
John--If you can make such an entertaining post about "Avian Parasites," the sky's the limit (pun obviously intended).
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It is not something most people would think about, but it makes sense that even science proposals have to capture a readers interest. Very funny post!
Congratulation to Alycia! We never know where our studies are going to take us :)
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