That's great, Cliff. I posted it to my facebook. I thought it had something to do with the old Golden Fleece Award and I've been concerned about the trend away from basic research. (Not that I'm in the lab anymore.) Thanks for sharing that uplifting story. It's going to make a lot of people feel better about their own struggles.
Cordially yours, Geoff Patton, Ph.D. 2208 Parker Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902 301.221.9536 “We are all failures- at least the best of us are.” J.M. Barrie (of Peter Pan fame) -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 3/24/14, Cliff Duke <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Golden Goose Award, nominations due April 18, 2014 To: [email protected] Date: Monday, March 24, 2014, 1:40 PM The purpose of the Golden Goose Award is to demonstrate the human and/or economic benefits of federally funded scientific research. It is also intended to demonstrate that scientific outcomes build upon each other and that the technological advances that flow from them cannot easily be predicted at the outset of a particular scientific research project. The award highlights and honors examples of scientific studies or research that may have seemed obscure, sounded "funny," or for which the results were totally unforeseen at the outset, but which ultimately led, often serendipitously, to major breakthroughs that have had significant societal impact. See http://www.goldengooseaward.org/ for details.
