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I have in my hand my official Notice of Grant Award!!!

The National Institutes of Health hereby awards a grant in the amount of $225,000 [that's the first-year cost only; the total award is for three years, $150,000 in direct costs per year plus 50% indirects] to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE in support of the project titled "Increasing Motivation for Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation: A Pilot Intervention."


OMG, you guys! I have the grant money!!

You probably thought I did ages ago, right? Because I got my ridiculously good score back in July, and my ridiculously good feedback and ridiculously good pink sheets were in by the beginning of August.

But then I waited. And waited. And slashed through red tape. And waited. Waited for the NIH budget to be approved and the higher-order NIH people to decide on their priorities and my local IRB to decide that I wasn't going to endanger my subjects and my AIDS Service Organization partner to get their federal paperwork in order and and and.

And! This morning they sent the money!! Now I can start!!!

Now I can also talk about something else which has been in the works for a while. I will be leaving my current department (Medicine/Infectious Disease) immediately and joining the Psychiatry department. Psychiatry really wants me. I will have awesome colleagues there who are interested in my work and who can make intellectual contributions to what I'm doing and who will be able to collaborate with me on new ideas. And Psychiatry has reliable funding, some of which they're willing to shell out to pay the portion of my salary that my grant won't cover. Funding I can use to develop new projects.

This is going to be a great move. And a great grant. Wonderful things are happening. I am so excited and happy!
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Date: 2011-03-01 03:09 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] oursin.livejournal.com
That's wonderful! I'm so glad it's all come together at last. Congratulations.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:10 pm (UTC)
kate_nepveu: sleeping cat carved in brown wood (Default)
From: [personal profile] kate_nepveu
Wooooo! That's fabulous!

Date: 2011-03-01 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mme-hardy.livejournal.com
YOU SHINING F*ING STAR!

I am so proud. Just remember, we knew you when, don't forget the small people.

You worked your ass off to get this and you will again to get it done. You earned this.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mme-hardy.livejournal.com
I was so thrilled at the first bit I forgot to read the coda. Psychiatry sounds like a much, much better fit for you, even now that certain people are gone from Infectious Disease. I bet you get really useful peer stuff from now on; in particular, I bet the hall talk is awesome.

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Date: 2011-03-01 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marydell.livejournal.com
Hurrah! That is super awesome!

Date: 2011-03-01 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com
HURRAY!!!!!!

Date: 2011-03-01 03:26 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] brainwane (from livejournal.com)
WHOOOOOO!

I am currently writing Letters of Inquiry, grant applications, etc. in a new job, and thus am especially cheered that you got this money.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:27 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jenett
EEEEE! Many congratulations, and especially on the move - it sounds like a really great thing for you.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] singinglark.livejournal.com
YAY!!! So happy for you! And I know you will use it to do something meaningful that will help people, which also makes me very happy.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] epi-lj.livejournal.com
Congratulations!

Date: 2011-03-01 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com
This is easily the best news I've read all day. I'm overjoyed for you. Now you just have to actually do it all, but in some ways that's going to be easier than it's been getting to the point where you *can* do it all.

Congratualtions!

Date: 2011-03-01 03:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malibrarian.livejournal.com
So happy to hear about this new grant and the positive changes that will be coming when you switch departments. Hope this will be a supportive environment to continue your work in the future.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] duane-kc.livejournal.com
This is incredible news! Conga-rats!

Date: 2011-03-01 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hobbitbabe.livejournal.com
Oh hurray for all of that!! It sounds like the change of scene will lead to good things - it really helps to have people around who can ask the right questions when you talk over coffee, and stuff like that.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:52 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ailbhe
You're going to Psychiatry! Wooooo! That's brilliant!

I'm proud to e-know you.

Date: 2011-03-01 03:56 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] naomikritzer
Well, OF COURSE they want you. You are a ROCK STAR.

Date: 2011-03-01 04:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] roadnotes.livejournal.com
WooHOO! WOO-FREAKING-HOO!

Date: 2011-03-01 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] janetmiles.livejournal.com
I am so excited and happy for you!

Date: 2011-03-01 04:32 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] eeyorerin
Yahoo! Very excited for you.

Date: 2011-03-01 04:38 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-03-01 04:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heebie-geebie.livejournal.com
Congratulations! Sounds fantastic.

Date: 2011-03-01 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ratphooey.livejournal.com
Oh, brava, and hooray, and congratulations!

Date: 2011-03-01 04:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jinian.livejournal.com
YAY on all counts!

Date: 2011-03-01 04:56 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pameladean
Most excellent! Congratulations! And I'm glad to hear about the move to a more congenial department, too.

P.

Date: 2011-03-01 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edschweppe.livejournal.com
Awesome! Congratulations on both the grant and the new department!

Date: 2011-03-01 05:09 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] geekchick
Congratulations!
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