There are a lot of adjectives I could end that sentence with. Most of them would not be good. Many are definitely not G-rated.
The past two days have been spent in a not-to-warm-and-snuggly place called Proposal Hell. Some of you have probably been there before. It’s close to finished; the deadline is Friday. But in the meantime, there has been a certain amount of banging the head on the desk.
What’s most frightening is that my contribution to this proposal has been fairly minimal. It’s a collaborative proposal. All I had to come up with is a budget. Well, ok, I admit it. Preparing budgets is really un-fun. There’s overhead rates and fringe benefits rates and equipment costs and the list goes on and on. And you have to write a separate budget for each year of the grant. And don’t forget cost of living increases!
</headdesk>
I’m up for air here for a moment to say hi to everyone. Then it’s back to the grindstone.
Three more days and I’m free. I can do this!
Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist 
My condolences. I’ve worked on exactly one grant proposal in my life, and I didn’t even have to do the financial or schedule stuff. I just had to convince the State of New York that giving us money was going to save them money in the long run. (Which it did. We got a grant to help fund development of a new product, with the understanding that if it turned a profit they’d get a cut. Their cut so far has been about five times what they gave us. Our management has also decided it wasn’t worth it, so we never went back for more.)
Good luck with your proposal.
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