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James Fraser
@fraserlab.com

A reverse K99 would be interesting... 2 or 3 years of R01 type funding to wind down followed by 2-3 years of funding for supplies as you are hosted as an emeritus professor - and ineligible for future grants as a PI

Alex Guseman@alexguseman.bsky.social

My postdoc advisor is an advocate for the “post faculty fellow” positions and in theory it sounds like a super cool idea. That being said if anyone is wanting to do one in my lab, Please email me a CV and cover letter.

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Megan Hagenauer
@mhagenauer.bsky.social

In general, it would be amazing if there were mini-grants for wrapping up publications/projects for people undergoing career transitions (including retirement). doi.org/10.1371/jour...

doi.orgWhen goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quicklyScience projects are designed and funded on the scale of years, so what happens when researchers need to finish prematurely? This Community Page discusses solutions for quickly documenting partially f...
Gabriel Rocklin
@grocklin.bsky.social

Gonna be funny when people get rejected for being at the wrong career stage (like the K99)- “PI is WAY overqualified for retirement”. “It is not clear PI will benefit from additional research prior to retirement”. “PI not qualified for retirement, hasn’t graduated enough students to be competitive.”

Bita Moghaddam
@bita137.bsky.social

Where is the data that these investigators actually retired (vs going for NIH or NSF grants or, if tenured, sitting in their offices and collecting full prof 9 month salaries with minimal teaching)?