I spend more time writing grants than doing actual research. The pressure to secure funding never lets up. How do people make this sustainable long term?

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That’s what really pushed me out of academia. My PI had grants for decades and then nothing. The security of funding just disappeared. I saw my lab shift from projects we cared about to things that might get funding

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