That Monday she meets with the members of her laboratory to tell them that she won't be applying for the NIH grant for several more months. Here's how much this grant is worth. This is when the money would arrive. If I don't have the money to get to this point, here's what will happen. The university urges faculty members like Maddock to develop close relationships with students, but allowing students so much access to one's personal life has a price.
Students get the mentoring attention that they often fail to get in other areas of the university.
But they also see the life of an academic researcher first-hand, and the experience can leave powerful impressions, both positive and negative. It's a lot of work. I understand that it's really rewarding. But I want a personal life. I want to be able to go home at night, to see my family if I have one, to see my friends.