I rock like the rockingest of things

[mizarchivist]

In the spring I jumped through all the hoops for an NEA preservation grant. I'd never done that sort of research before- it's always complicated and tedious, don'tchaknow. But! The letter got in today and we got it! My first grant EVAR. It's slated for a general survey of the collection that will be used as a stepping stone for getting other more specific preservation grants. Being able to say one has acquired a grant from your doing is a hyuuuuuge deal for resume health and whatnot and I had been feeling its lack for some years on the principle of "one should." One has. One rocks.

Comments

[caulay.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Yay grant!

This is a major milestone for your professional career. May there be many more after it.

Wow!

[kebbykate.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Quite the feather in your cap! That is so awesome! Yay!

Now, the only rain I have for your parade is just wait until you have to deal with the reporting. The Feds just love numbers and they want you to generate lots of numbers for them in exchange for the lovely money they give you. My best piece of advice is to sit down with the grant and make yourself read through all their reporting requirements and their timeline, then plug those into your calendar ahead of time, set up spreadsheets ahead of time, and just ADMINISTER the hell out of the grant so that you don't get buried by it at the end. (Typically they want some accounting of your contribution, which translates into some unit of your salary and the salaries of everyone else who works on this with you, plus office supplies, heat, phones, etc.)

Or you will really hate life.

But they're giving you the lovely money-so hurrah!

Re: Wow!

[mizarchivist]

Ok, I can totally see that. This being a survey sort of grant and the major work being done by someone at NEDCC who does this all the time, it's not as bad as something that falls outside of mundane. However, I really appreciate the warning. Nothing quite like being deflated from the reality of red tape. But maybe now I won't if I'm ahead of it all. So. Woooooo!!!!!!

[taura-g.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!

I did some help on grant writing when I was in museum work, but never enough to take credit on one. This is HUGE.

One does indeed ROCK!

[lifecollage.livejournal.com]

BRAVO! Go, thee! Huzzah, even....

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-Dude. Can I touch you?

[mizarchivist]

Oh yeah. Like right here --->

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

*muffled giggle*

MAZEL TOV!!! You do indeed rawk like the rawkinest of thing!!!

[missionista.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!!!

[docorion.livejournal.com]

Like a rocking thing indeed! Excellent!!

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

faboo. Maybe I should point you at the Grant Library and let you loose

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

You are teh awesome!

[mrf-arch.livejournal.com]

Go you!

[beowabbit]

Congratulations! That’s awesome.

[drwex]

VV00TT! Mazal tov!