neuro critic

a close up of a man sweating with water dripping from his face . Alt: a close up of a man sweating with water dripping from his face .

The proposal? Damn! It is full of strawman arguments. Has more holes than Swiss cheese.
Reject and risk becoming their next target?
🧠🧪 #neuroskyence

Yelp!!!! Been reviewing a fancy-schmancy grant, and for months one applicant hasn’t stopped trying to shove their ‘excellence’ on my face.

Can’t complain—I got invited to their meetings, wined, dined, and babied.

Aren’t reviewer identities confidential❓
How the heck did they find out who I am?🧠🧪

It’s not a network 🟧, sweetie—that's a full-blown cult 🕎.

Membership perks include eternal funding and a front-row seat to grant panel puppetry. 🧠🧪🔬

Sometimes excellence also requires good social engineering skills

Panel representation skews grant outcomes toward the panel head’s field: this year LS5 was led by someone from the Bernstein network, and 12-13 grants went to Systems/Comp Neuro.
One of the 3 knows this well,last time the same panel member was in charge 2018 s got a StG
erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/...

It’s not a network 🟧, sweetie—that's a full-blown cult 🕎.

Membership perks include eternal funding and a front-row seat to grant panel puppetry. 🧠🧪🔬