Grant applications
With due dates
So soon after Pride month
Are homophobic
That big grant that I spent a month on, where I actually stood a good chance of getting funded for 4 years as a junior research group leader
It was just cancelled thanks to this:
I spent ~ a month on it for literally nothing
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@bgcarlisle It is sad that this law is having negative consequences. I still hope it can trigger a necessary change in academia in Germany and the EU.
@jorge Yup, there's a hiring freeze in a lot of places and nobody knows what's going on because now, nobody can hire anybody legally, unless they have $ Forever money to do it with
I wouldn't say it's "sad"
It's irresponsible and it's having exactly the opposite of its intended effect because they provided $0 more funding