I'm part of one of these! Very exciting. Overall fastgrants is a great organization. 48 hour turnaround is incredible and could be paradigm shifting for getting science done. Thanks pc and everyone else for the chance to get some science done!
I'm working with the Satpathy lab on their project. I'm a PI at the Parker Institute. We usually do cancer, but are bringing our tools to COVID research in this time.
Glad to see Dr. Patrick Hsu (https://bioeng.berkeley.edu/faculty/patrick-hsu) among the recipients. He is one of the smartest and most impressive people I know, so at least from my limited vantage point, this money is going to the right people :).
This is a great initiative, and it's heart warming to see that the list is getting quite long. Most of these go far beyond my level of understanding, so I'm guessing I'm not the target audience. Nevertheless, it would be great if they could a one or two line elevator pitch-style "why this is important" section to each recipient's blurb.
Sadly, no one appears to be funding the COVID-19 mental health crisis. This would be a great opportunity for Fast Grants to be proactive. I personally know clinical psychologists and researches desperately looking for funding to get ahead of this next wave. LMK if you're interested in helping.
Nice to see Dr.Netea there. I had the opportunity to work with him and his team in a collaboration ten years ago, when studying the pathways leading to antigen presenting cells activation.
On the topic of the immune system he certainly knows his quarters.
All very worthy, but nothing really unexpected [0]. I was hoping we would see some radical ideas and scientists from obscure universities getting funded.
0. Disclosure. I was a failed applicant, but I am not surprised as I am neither an academic these days (I am in industry), nor did I ask for any money.
Yep. I have money, what I asked for was collaborators. Of course I was rejected because the fund supposedly ran out of money!
I should add I got no help with collaborators, but given the form letter I was sent I strongly suspect nobody even read my application. If this wasn’t such a serious problem it would be comical.
This makes me hopeful for the future, the next decade is likely to be amazing for healthcare research.
Hopefully some good comes out of this unfolding tragedy and drives the next generation to critical issues like healthcare & climate change than building yet another photo/video sharing app.
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Mental health is an area that could really use your support in the next round of grants.
Spikes in post-traumatic stress disorder are being documented among vulnerable populations, health workers and other front-line personnel.
- https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/17/covid-19-mental-health-...
- https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/grocery-store-workers-need-f...
- https://www.newyorker.com/culture/video-dept/the-mental-heal...
Sadly, no one appears to be funding the COVID-19 mental health crisis. This would be a great opportunity for Fast Grants to be proactive. I personally know clinical psychologists and researches desperately looking for funding to get ahead of this next wave. LMK if you're interested in helping.
On the topic of the immune system he certainly knows his quarters.
0. Disclosure. I was a failed applicant, but I am not surprised as I am neither an academic these days (I am in industry), nor did I ask for any money.
I should add I got no help with collaborators, but given the form letter I was sent I strongly suspect nobody even read my application. If this wasn’t such a serious problem it would be comical.
Hopefully some good comes out of this unfolding tragedy and drives the next generation to critical issues like healthcare & climate change than building yet another photo/video sharing app.