"Stas Kolenikov" wrote:
>And yes, a lot of biostatisticians in the US has majority (sometimes
80% or 90%) of their funding from grants. Expansions or contractions
of the federal US grant funding are the biggest pieces of news for
people in those positions...>
It's not just biostats. A friend from grad school is a numerical analysis guy at Sandia---they're waiting with bated breath to know who the next SecEnergy and various staff will be.... (Baited breath is for fish.)
Ditto for other areas. I am on hard money but things like software purchases often depend on soft money, so knowing that StataCorp depends on it to some extent too is useful info. StataMP seems like a worthwhile product for grant money.
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