2026-10-17T20:23:34Z https://njump.me Rebecca Nordquist https://njump.me/npub1uegxfec7ck3sdevjs5amcj4yqdlkm0urx8wsrd5jh2nvzh6642js83npyg https://fediscience.org/system/accounts/avatars/117/360/668/539/145/009/original/0acaa3dc53b42487.png https://fediscience.org/system/accounts/avatars/117/360/668/539/145/009/original/0acaa3dc53b42487.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9qy4pwydklwsmt3y0vnjzvc4jenptu0eg552fyz4gs7c985hn89gzyrn9qe88rmz6xph9j2znh0z25sph7mdlsvca6qdkj2a2ds2lt24226d6jzw Small &#34;seed grants&#34; can be very useful in specific situations, but can be hard to build on in the current context of consolidation of funding into enormous consortia. <br/><br/>A blogpost on Sowing the seeds (which I cannot think without immediately breaking into Tears for Fears, which I fear says something about my age ;) )<br/><br/>Link to blogpost here <a href="https://rebeccanordquist.edublogs.org/2026/10/29/sowing-the-seeds/">https://rebeccanordquist.edublogs.org/2026/10/29/sowing-the-seeds/</a><br/><br/>#AcademicChatter #AcademicLife #Academia #Grants<br/> <img src="https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/525/108/058/355/898/original/9a806f260ead813e.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-29T16:23:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv8vsxu0x6ps8zhu0s737n85f8dmyt263l05dgrp958fmkeyxhuvgzyrn9qe88rmz6xph9j2znh0z25sph7mdlsvca6qdkj2a2ds2lt24220gda6y So since moving instances, I have about 10% of the followers I had previously. I am not sure if this means that I did something wrong while moving (I followed instructions that should have moved followers and following with me), or if all this time most of the followers were ghosties 👻 <br/><br/>#ScienceMastodon #instances #moving #MastodonHelp 2026-10-29T09:13:56Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfk0cjg20dwc9xn8plapp4nef9quv69hrse56dk9ddeg0x6uasr0qzyrn9qe88rmz6xph9j2znh0z25sph7mdlsvca6qdkj2a2ds2lt2422mqmtu9 Ah, the Nobel Prize for Men week is off to a rousing start I see! I&#39;ve done running tallies in past years, so what do we think, will this year be any better? The start says &#34;nah&#34;. 3/3 men.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/summary/">https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2026/summary/</a><br/><br/>#Nobel #WomenInScience #NobelPrize #NobelPrizeForMen #MenYetAgain #academicchatter #ScienceMastodon 2026-10-05T19:55:29Z