This essay is cross-posted from the blog Raising Scientists.  The author’s opinions are her own, not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
I just received notification that my grant application hasn’t been funded.  I am getting used to rejection, and I somewhat expected it.  It isn’t the rejection that is upsetting me so much as the reasons why.  The reviewers were pretty positive; there were a few minor issues with the proposed research, but they thought that I had come up with a good collaborative project that would establish me as …