My contract at Imperial finishes at the end of the month. NERC have agreed in principal to additional funding for a nifty graphical interface to the Entangled Bank database that I have been creating for the last year. However, contractual issues between are delaying the funding and indeed potentially may scupper the whole exercise. Presuming the money is going to arrive, I will then have to apply to do the work in an open competition.
Such situations are common in academia and extremely stressful to live through, especially when it affects others. I am lucky that Mary is very supportive but this situation weighs heavily on our lives. How long do I wait for the funding to come though? - these things can take months. Should I apply for another post-doc and move the family for yet another short-term contract, or find a (probably less interesting) permanent non-academic post? Applying for jobs is very time consuming so these are important decisions. Write papers or job applications? Stop and establish a long-term relationship with a place or another temporary holding position? The older we, and Ben get, the more stability and a home beckon.
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