Category Archives: proposals

You know research funding has a problem when…

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

A researcher takes the time to prepare a 40 page proposal just to ask for some travel money and one laptop. This is just plain stupid (I’m not saying the researcher is stupid but the situation clearly is). His/her writing … Continue reading →

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Wanna do a research stay with me? Show me the money!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

All researchers should spend some time in foreign research institutions but, unfortunately, the first thing I have to check whenever I get an email from a researcher X that wants to do a stay with my group is whether X … Continue reading →

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Long live to Incremental Research by Bertrand Meyer

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

Bertrand Meyer nails it in his last CACM blog post in defense of Incremental Research. Having done a PhD Thesis with the word “incremental” in its title, I’m of course always ready to champion the importance of  incremental advances in any … Continue reading →

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Ideal for writing grant proposals : Bullshit Generator

Posted on June 18, 2011 by

Thanks to Antonio Vallecillo I have discovered the Corporate Bullshit Generator, a tool ideal for saving some time when writing your next technical report or grant proposal: The Corporate Bullshit Generator is a random text generator that is focused on corporate bullshit, … Continue reading →

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