Summary statement!!

[rivka]

I just got my "pink sheets," the summary statement of my grant review. Wow, it's really good.

This resubmission retains all the numerous strengths of the previous submission including: addressing a highly significant public health problem (failure to initiate or delayed initiation of ART); a clearly thought through iterative model of intervention development; well established involvement of the community; and a strong and clearly articulated research design. The revised application has been highly responsive to the previous reviewers comments and has been substantially strengthened. The team is outstanding and the choice of sites and inclusion criteria to increase generalizability have now been well justified. A few negligible issues for clarification are described in the individual critiques. In review considerable enthusiasm was expressed for this timely, highly innovative and clearly outstanding study that addresses a very serious and real public health concern.

I would like to express my particular affection for Reviewer 3, who used the phrases "superb investigative team" and "PI a very promising Early Career Investigator with demonstrated publication productivity."

Edited to add: guys, we're in clear text here. I've screened some comments.

Comments

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

Wheeee! Those comments sound like they really read it and really understand it. That's got to be so satisfying!

(Also, that wouldn't be happening if you weren't a great writer as well as researcher.)

[txanne.livejournal.com]

Hurray, they have fully grasped your awesomeness!

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Well done, you. (RIVKA SUPERSTAR YAAAAY!)

I'm so proud over here on the other coast.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

That is wonderful! I'm so very happy for you!

[beaq.livejournal.com]

It's not just a testament to your obvious brilliance, but to your tenacity and strength. You're the kind of person who makes science go. It really is an amazing project.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

The brightness of my screen increased substantially due to the GLOWING PRAISE thereon. Wow. Now that is a fine review.

[ms-chatelaine.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous, congratulations.

[aloha-moira.livejournal.com]

*pointy dance of review joy*

(Also, if you could send a bit of awesome dust my way, I could really use some for my upcoming thesis committee meeting...)

[ailbhe]

I'm so glad that at last you're getting such *totally deserved* recognition of your brilliance.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I'm sitting here right now, thinking back to when you outlined the idea for this proposal to me in your kitchen over a year ago. It's good to see now that the reviewers think it's as good a proposal as I thought it was going to be then.

Yes, that's pretty heady stuff you quoted. But I think it's well deserved.

[oursin.livejournal.com]

How very, very gratifying!

[tassie-gal.livejournal.com]

WELL DONE! I may have to come take lessons from you in how to write kick arse grant applications!

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

How wonderful!

[toadnae.livejournal.com]

From what I've seen just here on LJ, you earned every word of those reviews. YAY!

[baratron.livejournal.com]

That's a really great review. "numerous strengths", "clearly thought through", "strong", "clearly articulated", "highly responsive to the previous reviewers", "outstanding", "well justified" - before you even get to the bold bit!

[selki.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

FanTAStic!

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Do you think you'll ever get to find out how Certain People reacted?